Smashing U S Drives Net Five Miles Murray City Blaze Destroys 2 Buildings
A pre midnight fire in Murray City destroyed two frame buildings in the town center and damaged three others. Flames rose to about 150 feet as two residents escaped through fire and one man leaped from a second story porch to safety. Loss unofficially placed at about 40000 dollars. Firefighters from Murray City and Nelsonville contained the blaze, preventing further destruction along the street. The destroyed properties included a pool room, restaurant, feed store, and three apartments.
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Murray City
Everett Sapp
Nelsonville
Dorothy Koons
Charles Shafer
Guy Tedrow
Shafer
John
Mark Sorrell
Magdeline
Tedrow
Shafers
First Corps Troops Reach Within 20 Miles of Border
North Korean front lines fell back as U S forces pressed advances up to five miles in the northeast and four miles in the northwest. ROK units helped push near Tokchon while Marines skirmished near Changjin Reservoir. Allied forces stretched their line with sporadic contact as Red assaults continued northeast.
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First Corps
Seoul
United War Front
U.S. First Corps
Pungsan
U.S
Changjin Reservoir
ROK First Corps
Tokchon
Kun
ROK
Tokchow
Fight for Ohio State Grange leadership heats Toledo meet
Columbus reports a tense battle for control of the Ohio State Grange as master Joseph W. Fichter faces a challenge at the Toledo annual meeting on December 1. Backed by the Grange Ideals Committee led by Frank Lyle of Hillsboro, Byron Frederick of Copley Summit County seeks to unseat him after years of criticism and 17 charges raised by an anti Fichter faction. The National Grange Executive Committee in Washington has not acted.
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Columbus
Ohio State Grange
Joseph W. Fichter
Grange
Toledo
Grange Ideals Committee
Frank Lyle
Hillsboro
Byron Frederick
Copley
Summit County
Fichter
National Grange Executive Committee
Washington
Fiinter
Ohi
Doctor Says City Air Aggravates Diseases
Cincinnati UC professor Dr. Clarence A Mills warned in New York that breathing dirty city air raises death rates from pneumonia tuberculosis and lung cancer and increases other respiratory troubles whether from tobacco smoke or outdoor pollution.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Clarence A. Mills
Mills
New York
Dollars In Your Pocket Thanksgiving and Christmas Want Ads
A brief advertisement urges readers to convert unwanted items into cash through affordable Messenger Want Ads. It highlights rapid results and daily usefulness for readers, ending with a contact line for an experienced ad-taker.
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Lifecasenr
Ohio hunting season opens with two dead and twenty two wounded
Two hunters died and at least 22 were wounded as Ohio opened its hunting season. Harry F. Radebaugh, 65, of Columbus died from shotgun pellets in the back, and Fred Fenneman, 60, also of Columbus, died of a heart attack. About 800,000 hunters took part, with numerous injuries reported and several incidents of gunfire near private property and city limits.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry F. Radebaugh
Radebaugh
Fred Fenneman
Norman Faulkner
Barberton
Clark County
Lewisburg
Champaign County
Springfield
William C. Ayers
Akron
Dayton
Athens
Defense Fund Of 10 Billion To Be Asked
Congress plans a supplemental defense appropriation of about 10 billion dollars after a short session starting November 21. The proposal would raise the total military budget for the year ending June 30 to about 35.6 billion dollars. Since the Korean war began Congress has added roughly 11.5 billion to the regular 13.2 billion budget.
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Defense Department
Truman
Congress
No New Year's Liquor Allowed in Ohio Says State Director
Columbus Ohio State Liquor Department Director Oscar L Fleckner stated the New Year’s celebration will start with the lid on. Ohio law bans sale of intoxicating liquors and beer on Sundays and allows 3 2 beer. Sale for permit holders may begin at 1201 a m January 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Liquor Department
Oscar L. Fleckner
Hukbalahap Raid Kills Eighteen in Luzon Towns
Communist led Hukbalahap rebels raided three central Luzon towns last night. Eighteen people were reported killed in the attacks.
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HUKS
Manila
Hukbalahaps
Luzon
Senator presses for quick price and wage controls
Senator Martin argues for immediate across the board controls though Senator Bricker hopes they can be avoided. Bricker says regimentation should be minimal unless in war, and that higher taxes and cutting waste could curb inflation. Martin agrees government interference is unwelcome but the dollar trend requires fast action.
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Washington
Martin
Bricker
Ohio
Hunter Finds Unknown Body Hanging in Tree
Authorities seek the identity of a 60 to 70 year old man found hanging in a tree west of Newark by a hunter. Coroner M H Koehler of Licking County says the victim may have been dead for about three months and was dressed in a plaid shirt an army jacket and a straw hat.
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Newark
Here
M. H. Koehler
Licking County
Nevada Gambling Hearings Stir Senate Inquiry
Los Angeles dispatch reports Nevada legal gambling shocks a Senate crime committee. Key figures include Reno Police Chief L R Greefn mentioning a New York gambler trying to influence Reno licensing, Desert Inn head Wilbur Clark revealing a $1.5 million loan from a Cleveland syndicate, Gov. Cliff Jones admitting tiny stake in Las Vegas spots, and Moe Sedway detailing Flamingo Hotel gains after Siegel's 1947 death.
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Los Angeles
Senate Crime Investigating
Nevada
Mickey Cowen
Las Vegas
Nev
L. R. Greefn
Reno
New York
Joseph Stacher
Greeson
Stacher
Bank Club
Wilbur Clark
Desert Inn
Cleveland
Ohio
Clark
Sam Tucker
Moe Dallitz
Maurice Klineman
Tom McGinty
Cliff Jones
Moe Sedway
Morris Rosen
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Siegel
Sedway
Rent Control Laws Headed Toward Death
Washington officials report the national rent control program likely ends December 31 unless President Truman pushes to extend it. House Banking Committee Chairman Spence has no plan to advance续 extension without administration action. Senate Banking Committee Chair Maybank also said no new rent control bill will be considered this year.
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Washington
Truman
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Congress
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Florida
Senate Committee
Egyptians Denounce Treaty With Britain
Cairo reports the government formally says the 1936 treaty with Britain is no longer legal though no formal denunciation is issued. King Farouk in the throne speech says cancellation is the only alternative, while the government holds fire on a final denunciation.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Farouk
Ex-Toledo President Dies of Heart Attack
Dr. Wilbur Wallace White 47 former University of Toledo president died Tuesday night of a heart attack in Houston Texas He had resigned the Toledo post last April to take an M D Anderson Foundation professorship at Rice Institute Services are set for Saturday in Cedarville Ohio Greene County
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Houston
Tex
Wilbur Wallace White
University of Toledo
White
Toledo
M. D. Anderson Foundation
Rice Institute
Cedarville
Greene County
Cincinnati Quiet Crime Free Spell Ends With Theft
Cincinnati enjoyed an 18 hour crime free period from 9 p.m. Tuesday until 3 p.m. yesterday when a man and his wife were arrested for jointly stealing a $5 purse from a department store. Detective Chief Clem W. Merz joked you might break the spell.
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Cincinnati
Clem W. Merz
Bell Telephone strike sparks injunction bid in Philadelphia
The nationwide telephone strike enters its second week with clashes on the picket lines in Philadelphia and Washington. Bell Telephone seeks an injunction to bar CIO Communications Workers Union picketing at Philadelphia exchanges as police escort non strikers to work.
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Philadelphia
Bell Telephone Company
Western Electric Company
Cio-Communi
Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communications Workers Union
Benjamin D. Nicola
Common Pleas Court
Callons Workers Union
Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bell
Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Brehm Calls For Repeal Of Enlistment Extension Law
Rep. Brehm of Ohio urged repeal of the one year enlistment extension for service members whose terms run out between June 22, 1950 and July 8, 1951. He plans to introduce a bill and will discuss with the House Armed Services Committee, arguing the draft system now supplies adequate manpower.
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Washington
Brehm
Ohio
Congress
House
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Trade Pact Signed Between Soviet Union and Belgium
In Brussels a trade agreement between Soviet Russia and Belgium was signed yesterday with authorities withholding details. The foreign ministry disclosed the signing and offered no further information.
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Brussels
Russia
Belgium
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Naval Guns Rally As Korea Front Advances In Snow front
North Korean attacks including an amphibious landing behind ROK lines pressed the northeast front near Myongchong. U S eight inch guns and Marine planes hit a red battalion of cadet troops, while UN units push guerrillas back and clear roads near Pyongyang and Hungnam. Temperatures rise enabling a renewed advance as ROK and British forces gain ground on multiple sectors.
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Republic of Korea
Myongchong
U. S
Rochester
Wonsan
U. S. 25Th Division
ROK
Pyongyang
Red
Hungnam
Pakchon
U. S. 24Th
First Cavalry
Spain Loan Hinges on Franco Reforms
The United States makes a 62.5 million dollar loan fund to Spain but warns that sizable grants depend on economic reforms by Franco’s regime. If reform is lacking, Spain will receive limited credit as the Truman administration links aid to improving credit standing and governance. The Economic Cooperation Administration, Export-Import Bank, and State Department oversee procedures with guarantees required by Madrid and loan reviews done case by case.
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Washington
Spain
Generalissimo Franco
Congress
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Export-Import Bank
Department of State
Truman
ONeill and Stranahan Nominated for Distinguished Service Award
Two Ohioans are nominated as candidates for the Distinguished Service Award of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce. The nominees are William ONeill of Marietta the 34 year old attorney general elect of Ohio and Frank Stranahan of Toledo the nationally known amateur golfer.
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Columbus
U.S
Junior Chamber of Commerce
William O'Neill
Marietta
Ohio
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
National Council of Churches plan praised by Cavert
Dr Samuel Cavert executive secretary of the Federal Council of Churches praised the proposed National Council of Churches saying it will bring a new era of cooperation to American Protestantism. He spoke to Evangelical United Brethren delegates noting the council will unite interdenominational agencies and boost church influence in public life. The council will be formed in Cleveland later this month with six E UB delegates attending.
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Dayton
Samuel McCrea Cavert
Federal Council of Churches
National Council of Churches
National Council
Cleveland
EUB
Cost of Hurricane Labeled as 28 Million
A mid October tropical hurricane sweeping the Florida peninsula was officially named the 28 million dollar storm. Forecaster Grady Norton reported four deaths and numerous injuries to 199 people in his official Weather Bureau submission.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Grady Norton
U.S. Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Bob Feller Unknown In His Own Home
Two Polish displaced persons live at Bob Feller's home and cannot communicate with him due to a language barrier. Feller, famed Cleveland Indian pitcher, and his wife rely on a German-speaking mother-in-law for some help as the Smolinskis say they never heard of him.
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Bob Feller
Cleveland
Stanislaw Smolinski
Poland
Smolinskis
Bob
Cleveland Indians
Feller
Korean Spokesman to Back UN Chinese Intervention Charge
In New York the Korean permanent representative John M. Chang is to address the UN Security Council as it debates a U S backed resolution demanding Chinese Communist withdrawal and pledging UN respect for Korea's frontier. Russia's Malik circulated a letter defending Peiping and may seek a halt until Peiping delegates appear. A nine man Chinese Red group reportedly plans to arrive Nov 23, possibly delaying council deliberations until Nov 27.
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NEW York
MacArthur
United Nations Security
John M. Chang
Council
Pieping
Britain
France
Norway
Ecuador
Cuba
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
Peiping
Prague
U.S. Denies Red Charges Over Thorez Flight
Soviet commander Chuikov filed a formal protest to U. S. High Commissioner McCloy alleging a U. S. jet endangered a Soviet plane carrying Maurice Thorez by flying within about 10 yards. A U. S. Air Force spokesman said the jet did not approach closer than 500 feet to identify the aircraft. Thorez arrived safely in Moscow per Pravda.
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Berlin
U. S
Maurice Thorez
Moscow
Vassily Chuikov
Germany
John J. McCloy
U.S
Frankfurt
Thorez
Communist Party
Pravda
Hospital for Children To Be Built in Dayton
Welfare Director John H. Lamneck announced Dayton will host the state first hospital for emotionally disturbed children. The state will provide between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars to help operate the facility for children who are not mentally deficient or psychotic but have emotional difficulties.
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Dayton
John H. Lamneck
Lamneck
Shotgun Blasts End Clandestine Romance
In Palatka Florida two shots ended a secret affair between Jacksonville Safety Commissioner R D Sutton and the wife of a leading trucking executive. The husband J P McRae aged 34 confronted them near Suttons lakeside cabin, fired twice at close range, then collapsed from a heart attack.
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Palatka
Fla
Jacksonville
R. D. Sutton
J. P. McRae
Sutton
Lakeside
Tint Runs Aground Near Cherbourg With Arms Aboard
The American liberty ship Tint, laden with about 4000 tons of arms, ran aground on a reef near Cherbourg France last night, prompting salvage and military inquiries.
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Cherbourg
France
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