Arrest Made In Slaying Of Ora Mae Kesterson Near Nelsonville
Elmer Kesterson aged 46, husband of Ora Mae Kesterson, was arrested in Nelsonville on Sunday and jailed for questioning in the beating death of his wife. She was found Thursday near her log cabin home four miles south of town, with injuries indicating she died from shock and exposure. Sheriff George Bateman said no charges were filed yet and that he would continue questioning. Funeral services were held Sunday at Stout funeral home with burial in Connett Cemetery.
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Elmer (Doggie) Kesterson
Connett
George Bateman
Kesterson
Nelsonville
Punty
Bateman
Tiny
Ora Mae Kesterson
John H. Elias
Mamie Pincelli
Columbus
Rone
York Township
Mrs. Kesterson
Stout Funeral
Iran Rejects World Court Jurisdiction Over Oil Nationalization
Iran refused to recognize the International Court with Britain over oil nationalization. Deputy Premier Hossein Fatemi announced Iran rejected the World Court notice of the dispute referral. Amid nationalist tensions, communists and non communist moslem factions mobilized as Mossadegh’s government faces royalties stoppage and economic strain. The AIOC offered a conciliatory gesture, sending its resident manager to a nationalization board meeting.
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Tehran
Iran
International Court
Britain
Hossein Fatemi
World Court
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Hague
United Nations
Red Front
Ite
Mohammed
Mossadegh
Mowsadegh
AIOC
William Fraser
N. R. Seddon
Oil Nationalization Board
Columbus Man Kills Himself After Terrorizing Family
Griffith W. Miller, 55, of Columbus, shot and killed himself after terrorizing a west side mother, her daughter, and a relative. He fired in the bedroom of Mrs. Edna P. Hewitt, 41, who had refused his company. The sister in law, Florence Brown, lay behind the bed as Mary, 13, the daughter, cowered nearby. Detective Hanna said Miller released the girl’s arm before shooting himself.
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Columbus
Griffith W. Miller
West Side
Rolice
Miller
Edna P. Hewitt
Mrs. Hewitt
Mary 13
Karl Hanna
Joe Adonis Sentenced For Gambling Crimes In New Jersey
Hackensack New Jersey headline reports mobster Joe Adonis age 49 sentenced to two to three years in state prison and fined 15000 dollars for gambling law violations marking the first jail term for the noted racketeer.
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Joe Adonis
Hackensack
N. J
New Jersey
Adonis
Senate Crime Committee
Trusty Walks Away From Ohio Penitentiary
James Smith a 32 year old Cleveland trusty escaped from Ohio Penitentiary last night. He was serving as houseboy at the deputy warden's home across Spring Street from the prison. He was last seen at 3 p.m.
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Columbus
James Smith
Cleveland
Austria Elects Anti Red Socialist President Koerner
Theodor Koerner, a 78-year-old anti communist and Vienna’s longtime lord mayor, won Austria’s runoff and pledged to act rather than talk. He defeated conservative candidate Heinrich Glessner and will take the oath likely June 20, aiming to honor the constitution and curb communism.
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Vlenna
Austria
Theodor Koerner
Koerner
Vienna
People's Party
Heinrich Glessner
Eisenhower, Collins confer during two week Europe tour
General Dwight D. Eisenhower met with U S Army Chief of Staff General J Lawton Collins in Paris today. Collins arrived yesterday on a two week inspection tour of European posts and defense installations.
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Paris
Dwight Eisenhower
U. S
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Europe
Legislators Set to End Session by Tuesday Night
In Columbus Ohio lawmakers rushed to close a five month session aiming to finish by tomorrow night. The Senate and House meet today amid driving talks on school subsidies and the state operations budget for 1951 53. Conference committees seek agreement on funding and tax measures affecting county administration and relief funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Taft says Truman safe. Anderson disputes claim
Senator Anderson refutes Taft’s assertion that the MacArthur dismissal will hurt Harry S Truman in a 1952 re election bid. Taft says the episode could harm Truman though Anderson maintains Truman is politically secure and will likely be reelected. Truman has not spoken on running, terms unsure.
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Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Anderson
Senate Democratic Campaign Committee
MacArthur
Senate
New York
Ohioan
Washington
Ohio
Harry Truman
Shoestring Air Force Limits Manchuria Bombing Plans
Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg told the Senate that the U S Air Force is under funded and cannot devote full power to bombing Manchuria. He warned bombing across the Yalu would require vast air power the U S cannot spare and would jeopardize other global duties. He noted Russian jet tech and warned China’s supply lines likely Russian aided.
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Washington
Hoyt Vandenberg
United States
Manchuria
Air Force
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Yalu River
Korea
Vandenberg
Yalu
MacArthur
Red China
Truman
Far Eastern
Red
Russia
Uv. S
China
Vanderberg
Naval Court Calls Officers For Testimony
Newport R I Two naval officers serve as defendants before the Navy Court of Inquiry into the capsizing of a 50 foot launch. The disaster killed an estimated 18 and left 74 life jackets unused aboard. Commander Victor Baff and Lt J W H Coleman of the Destroyer Bailey were questioned over possible overloading and failure to issue safety orders. The court said there was little time to grab life jackets after the capsizing during a Northeaster last Thursday morning.
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Newport
Navy Court of Inquiry
Court West
Victor Baff
J. W. H. Coleman
Bailey
Navy
Graff
Coleman
Congress Begins Work on UMT Deadlock
Senate conferees move to break a Senate House stalemate on Universal Military Training by a two step plan that leaves later Congress decisions on program operation. They seek to drop the House idea of a five member civilian dominated commission to run UMT in exchange for accepting the House bill’s framework.
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Washington
Senate
Senate House
Congress
House
Impeachment Call Made Against Florida Governor Warren
The Florida House was urged to impeach Gov. Fuller Warren for alleged misdeeds and lawlessness. Rep. George Okell of Miami, once a Warren supporter, introduced a 10 count impeachment resolution citing alleged misdemeanors in office.
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Tallahassee
New Haven Rail Chief Dies at Age 85
Frederic C. Dumaine, longtime head of the New Haven Railroad and Yankee financier, died yesterday aged 35 in Groton Mass. He built a multimillionaire fortune with bold moves and maintained a Boston office routine three days weekly. He smoked cigars daily and rode horses before starting his business day.
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Groton
Mass
Frederic C. Dumaine
New Haven Railroad
Boston
Fight Jobs Per Grad Is Ratio in Engineering
Ohio University reports eight available jobs for every engineering senior as graduates prepare for possible draft service within months. The school highlighted strong placement prospects despite looming military inductions.
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Columbus
Ohio University
School of Engineering
Foe's Resistance Stiffens Before Onrushing Yanks
UN forces press into North Korea as China’s Communists retreat after heavy losses. General Van Fleet says the enemy lost nerve. 3000 surrender Sunday and 2000 last week. Prisoners trapped near Hwachon Reservoir as UN troops seal escape routes and push across the 38th parallel with allied forces advancing on multiple fronts.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Red Korea
James A. van Fleet
U.S
U.S. Eighth Army
Hwachon
Inje
North Korea
38Th Parallel
Sakchang
U. S Eighth Army
Hyon
East Central
U. 8 Tenth Corps
Nije
U. S
Ack Ack Fire Downs U S Planes In Korea
Washington reports antiaircraft guns are inflicting heavy losses on American aircraft in the Korean War. Ground radar directed weapons from Reds have hit B 29 bombers above 20 000 feet recent weeks. The article questions who operates the radar guns, noting skilled technicians are required.
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Washington
U.S
Air Force
U. S
Britain
Asia
OPS Allows Adjustments In Controls
The Office of Price Stabilization relaxed retail and wholesale price controls on manufactured goods to let adjustments align with changes in manufacturers ceilings. Some prices will rise, others fall, likely more decreases than increases. Manufacturers must set ceilings at pre Korea levels plus subsequent cost increases and buyers have until July 2 to compute ceilings.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio holdup trio shoot. patrolman wounded in tavern raid
Belmont County prosecutor to decide charges against three Newark men Harry Elkins James Shaw and William Rice in a tavern hold up attempt that left State Highway Patrolman R A Jakmas stabbed in the abdomen and later removed from near his spine. Two suspects Elkins and Shaw were captured after a roadblock near Bridgeport while Rice was arrested outside Otto's Night Club in Blaine during the incident.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
R. A. Jakmas
Martins Ferry General Hospital
Bridgepor
Harry Elkins
James Shaw
Newark
Shaw
William Rice
Otto
Blaine
Jakmas
Walter Klammath
Charles Perkins
Rice
Holiday Toll Predicted During Memorial Day Holiday
The National Safety Council forecast 110 persons will die in traffic accidents during the Memorial Day holiday, with the count expected to rise over the long weekend. The warning urges caution for travelers, motorists, and pedestrians across the nation.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Former Polar Explorer Lincoln Elisworth Dies
New York reports Lincoln Elisworth a pioneer in aerial Arctic and Antarctic survey died of a heart attack at his Hotel Carlyle apartment. He passed away Saturday night with wife Mary Louise at his side. Funeral private, burial in Hudson, Ohio near his parents.
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New York
Lincoln Elisworth
Arctic
Antarctic
Elisworth
Carlyle
Hudson
Ohio
Ellsworth
Mary Louise
Chinese Reds Begin Control Over Tibet
Tokyo report says Red China proclaims Tibet under a Liberation Treaty gaining control of Tibet’s defense foreign affairs and trade. Chinese forces invaded Eastern Tibet last October routing rag-tag troops but failed to seize Lhasa. Dalai Lama fled toward the Indian border as a border government is set up in Sikanga and the Panchen Lama is elevated as rival claimant.
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Tokyo
Red China
Tibet
Peiping Radio
Himalayan
Lhasa
Yatune
Sikanga
Sa Calit Laan Oe
Presbyterians Vote Against Pension Raise
In Cincinnati a special committee reluctantly recommended that the Presbyterian Church in the United States not raise pensions for retired and disabled ministers. The panel studied a proposal to lift the minimum from 600 to 1200 dollars annually as the general assembly resumed sessions after a Sabbath recess.
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Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
General Assembly
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Department of Natural Resources
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Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
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