Shawnee Welcomes Grateful Refugee Family From Russia
Shawnee residents prepare a warm welcome for the Kudschetti family tied to a five year journey from a Soviet occupied village. Avram, Lydia, and son Andrew arrived after displacement and war. Local groups stage sewing, quilts, and a Halloween festival fundraiser supports the family as they settle at Rock Stall Farm in Marion Township.
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Logan
Hocking County
Rudschell
New York Harbor
Newark
H. H. Hughes
Kudschells
Hughes
Rock Stall
Marion Township
Avram
Lydia Kudscheti
America
Germany
Caspian Sea
Russia
Soviet Union
Awram
Lydia
Erding
U. S. Air Force
Andreas
Shawnee
Shawnee Hospital
Andrew
Ike Meet to Answer Key Queries
President Truman meets with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington to discuss whether Ike will leave his NATO supreme command for a 1952 presidential bid. White House aides say talks will cover European defense and NATO concerns with no emergency noted. The visit signals Truman’s interest in possible leadership transitions.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Allied Powers
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Supreme Command
NATO
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House
Joseph Short
Pentagon
Short
State Department
Defense
Supreme Allied
North Atlantic
Mr. Truman
Rebels Seek Revised Party Planks at Dixie Gathering
SELMA ALA Rebels in the Dixie Democracy pressed for changes but offered no concrete plan to derail Truman. Senator Harry Byrd warned of Southern bloc support unless the party platform and two thirds rule are restored. The Dallas County Farm Bureau event hinted the South could deliver 128 electoral votes to a non nominee. No decisive action emerged in the strategy caucus.
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Selma
Ala
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Truman
South
Dallas
Adoption Ring Boss Arrested In New York Clampdown
A Brooklyn attorney Marcus Siegel 45 is charged with running a black market baby adoption ring. Grand juries in Manhattan Queens and Brooklyn indicted him. Siegel faces indictments in Massachusetts and Maryland as well.
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New York
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Florida
New York City
Manhattan
Queens
Marcus Siegel
Siegel
Maryland
Ohio Hearing Planned on Taft Ferguson Senate Campaign
The Senate Elections Subcommittee will hold a public hearing in Ohio during the last week of November on the Taft Ferguson senatorial race. Chairman Guy Gillette instructed counsel John Moore to arrange dates and to contact Taft and Ferguson for testimony. He will also determine if the plan suits other members.
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Washington
Taft- Ferguson
Ohio
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Senate Elections Subcommittee
John T. Moore
Robert A. Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Gillette
Moore
Taft
Ferguson
Harriman Engages Churchill On Britain's Rearmament
W Averell Harriman arrived in London for talks with Prime Minister Churchill and other ministers on Britain's rearmament and economic issues. The envoy, named by President Truman to head the U S foreign economic and military aid program, will also visit Paris for NATO committee meetings studying postwar economic problems.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
Churchill
Britain
Harriman
Truman
U. S
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Brother Is Held In Fatal Shooting
In Columbus a 17-year-old youth is held after a fatal shooting of his 16-year-old brother. James Harding died at a Columbus hospital from a 12 gauge shotgun wound following an argument over making a bed in their home. Earl Harding faces no charges at this time.
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Columbus
E. P. Beck
James Harding
Beck
Harding
Earl Harding
Witnesses Back Alibi For Phillips In Slaying Trial
Columbus man George Phillips 23 a Columbus insurance salesman faces second degree murder charges in the death of Ruth Alter 32 beaten and strangled in her home Six witnesses placed him at work or in downtown restaurants April 25 between 8 and 10 55 am and 1 to 1 35 pm The timing of the death remains uncertain with a pathologist suggesting noon with a possible four hour variance Prosecution said his briefcase bore blood and a witness saw a man with a briefcase at the scene Also six alibi witnesses are cited and defense attorney Herbert says more witnesses will testify today or Monday In Huntington W V retired M A Hanna Coal Co agent Peter Gallagher 88 died yesterday
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Columbus
George Phillips
Ruth Alter
Paul M. Herbert
Phillips
Mrs. Alter
Sylvan F. Weill
Millions of men 26 to 35 face draft under UMT law
Washington AP reports selective service estimates about 2,000,000 men aged 26 to 35 are subject to the draft under the universal military training provision. Officials say unless world conditions worsen, widespread drafting of men in their 30s is unlikely. The extension raised the minimum draft age to 18 and the maximum to 35 for those deferred after June 19 this year.
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Washington
Selective Service
National Guard
Atom Jolted GIs Tell Of Test Blast
LAS VEGAS NEV. Radio active Joe, America's first atomic foot soldier, braces and says the blast may not be so bad after all. A dozen front line soldiers near the 10 mile radius describe the quake like quake and breaking store windows in Las Vegas. Four Congressmen on the atomic energy committee say tactical atomic weapons could give troops a sledgehammer edge if used in numbers, noting massed firepower would be required. A soldier reports the explosion was sometimes worse than expected yet foxholes offered protection.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Joe
America
Mac
Desert Rock
Melvin Price
D-Il
Charles Elston
Ohio
Carl Hinshaw
R-Calif
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Union Halts Strike at 10 War Plants
Detroit CIO United Auto Workers recessed its three week strike against ten Borg-Warner plants to let the Wage Stabilization Board settle the dispute. The union said it could have been resolved by free collective bargaining, but yielded to President Truman’s insistence for government action. Walter Reuther and Nathan Feinsinger referenced the defense impact and the president’s guidance.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Borg-Warner Corp
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Nathan Feinsinger
UAW
Walter Reuther
Feinsinger
United States
Truman
Parkersburg Crash Fatal to Ohio Man
Parkersburg West Virginia A man tentatively identified as Mayford H Belcher 23 of Charleston West Virginia and Lorain Ohio was killed yesterday when his car went over a 40 foot embankment near here State Trooper C W Dye said he apparently went to sleep at the wheel He was identified from Ohio and West Virginia driver s licenses
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Parkersburg
W. VA
Mayford H. Belcher
Charleston
Lorain
C. W. Dye
Ohio
West Virginia
Democrats Vie With GOP For Ike's Political Ear
Washington dispatch notes Democrats and Republicans seeking Eisenhower's favor ahead of the 1952 nominations. Sen. Johnston recalls Eisenhower seeming more Democrat than Republican, while Sen. Kefauver hints Ike may go before both conventions unless he speaks on party ties.
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GOP
Ike
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Duff
R-Pa
Eisenhower
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Johnston
Defense Dept Requests 59,650 Draft Calls in January
The Defense Department asked for 59,650 draftees for January to rebuild armed forces to authorized strength. Of the total 48,000 go to the Army and 11,650 to the Marines, following December suspensions. December call was 16,900. highest prior monthly total was 29,000 last March. The Marine Corps strength rises from 204,000 to 236,000.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Department
Marine Corps
Wife in coma spurred by fake call prompts furlough
Lt. Lowell Cooper’s wife, 28, remained in a coma after an anonymous call claimed he had been killed in Korea. The Red Cross urged the Defense Department to grant an emergency furlough so Cooper could return home to ease her nervous strain. Dr. Clarence Fry said she stayed seriously ill over 24 hours after the Tuesday night call and a letter dated Oct. 24 arrived from Cooper. The Defense Department confirmed he is alive.
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Columbus
Red Cross
Army
Lowell Cooper
Korea
Clarence Fry
Cooper
Defense Department
Nelsonville Men Escape Fire Blasts Unhurt
Three Nelsonville men Wilbur McCollum Fred Perkins and Bob Linton employed at the Cleveland Container Corp plant were in the building when a fire and a series of explosions rocked the facility. Fire chief estimated damage at 350000 dollars. Linton was at work and uninjured but lost personal belongings.
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Nelsonville
Wilbur McCollum
Fred Perkins
Bob Linton
Cleveland Container Corp
Cleveland
Linton
Five Die as Riots Break Out in Casablanca
Five Moroccans were killed and 70 wounded by bullets and stones during anti-French riots before Moroccan local elections in Casablanca. About 500 rioters were jailed as French authorities report the deadly clashes.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Royal Pair Wind Up Tour of Washington
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip end their Washington visit with a White House call to leave bread and butter presents for President Truman before flying to Montreal. They appeared tire but cheerful at the British embassy reception attended by Supreme Court justices, senators and diplomats, while remaining dressed in the same outfit from earlier wreath ceremonies.
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Truman
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Washington
Philip
White House
Montreal
Britain
Blair House
George Washington
Smarter Pop? Crowder’s Kids Create Home Front News
Denver reports George N. Crowder sought medical advice for his four year old George Jr whose slate gray head paint and risky stunts frightened relatives. The boy rammed a hand through a window, lodged a toy horn in his mouth, and ate moth balls while brother Gary, age two, swallowed a nail. The doctor urged Crowder to rest rather than worry about the children.
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Denver
George N. Crowder
George, Jr
Gary
Crowder
U S Soldiers in Korea To Get Turkey and Fixings
Yokohama reports the logistic command quarter master will distribute over 1,000,000 pounds of turkey and holiday fixings to U S soldiers in Korea for Thanksgiving. The assortment includes candy fruit cake olives shrimp cocktail mixed nuts and cranberry sauce.
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Yokohama
U.S
Korea
Snow Quiet Fronts as Jets Clash in Korean War Day
Snow covered ground fronts contrast with a record air battle over Northwest Korea as Allied airmen from the United States and Australia engage multiple MIGs. The Fifth Air Force reports one MiG-15 downed and several enemy aircraft damaged while all UN planes return home safely.
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U.S. 8Th Army
Korea
Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Manchurian
U.S
Bender Seeks More Housing for Camp Polk Area
Washington A 250 unit housing program for Camp Polk Louisiana was labeled inadequate by congressman-at-large Bender Ohio. He urged the Housing and Home Finance Agency to add at least 150 units. The 37th Division Ohio National Guard will train at Camp Polk after federal service begins next January. Bender cited Leesville resident Fertitta who said a minimum of 400 additional units are needed to accommodate incoming relatives of 37th division troops.
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Washington
Camp Polk
Oo Bender
Ohio
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Ohio National Guard
Bender
R. J. Fertitta
Leesville
37Th Division
Premature Debut as Cold Wave Grips Nation
A severe early cold snap brought heavy snow to the Northeast Midwest and Rocky Mountain states with record early season falls in Oklahoma Texas panhandle and Texas. Freezing rain and subzero chills disrupted travel and five deaths occurred in weather related crashes.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Ohio
Rockies
New England
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Mercury
Amarillo
Oklahoma-Texas Panhandle
Guymon
Okla
Perryton
Tex
Wichita Falls
New York State
Colorado
Red Plan Pressed at Panmunjom Cease Fire Talks
UN and Communist subcommittees at Panmunjom failed to reach progress on a demilitarized zone. Red negotiators urged acceptance of their buffer line while reserving Kaesong and surrounding hills for the invasion route defense, with no clear ultimatum given. Talks resume next morning Paris time.
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Munsan
Korea
William P. Nuckols
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Kaesong
Henry ST. Hodes
Nuckols
Moscow
Panemunjom
Seoul
Red
38Th Parallel
British Deny Clamp Down on Cairo Oil
CAIRO Egypt British Army headquarters denied Egyptian claims of a partial blockade on oil shipments from Suez Canal ports to Cairo A spokesman said trucks were briefly halted for convoys but no oil ban exists Interior Minister Fouad Serag El Din said British forces in the Suez zone halted overland oil shipments to Cairo but gasoline and kerosene were not affected He warned an embargo could starve Egypt of heavy industrial fuels in days and spark trouble Akher Sahza suggested Arab states were seeking Western defense aid despite opposition to Egypt’s stance.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
Fayed
Fouad Serag el Din
Suez Canal Zone
Port Suez
Akher Sahza
Hall Facing New Charge in Contempt Hearing
Gus Hall, imprisoned Communist leader, was brought from Leavenworth to New York for a criminal contempt of court hearing. He is a former Ohio State chairman, escorted by U S Marshals Gibson and Farley. Hall was among 11 top leaders convicted for conspiring to overthrow the U S government by force. Bail set at 20000. he failed to surrender last July 2, bail forfeited, captured in Mexico City October 9.
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New York
Gus Hall
Leavenworth
Kan
Ohio State
Communist Party
U. S
Albert Gibson
Thomas Farley
United States
Mexico City
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Ariz
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Turkey
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