Governors See Divided GOP Views On 1952 Nomination
GATLINBURG Tenn AP Republican differences over a presidential candidate for 1952 surfaced at the 43rd annual governors conference. An AP poll of 25 GOP governors split nine for Eisenhower four for Taft with others silent. Governors discussed national defense as talk and debate swirled around whether Eisenhower could secure the nomination. Dewey endorsed Eisenhower, while others urged a draft or kept options open, signaling a tightly contested path to the next GOP convention.
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Tenn
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
White House
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Truman
George C. Marshall
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilizer
Millard F. Caldwell
Earl Warren
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Peterson
Taft
Edward F. Arn
Kansas
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Walter J. Kohler, Jr
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
Lausche Seeks Answer To Fund Puzzler
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche at the annual governors conference discusses a $3 million yearly federal funding puzzle over Social Security disability program administration. He proposes two options: forgo federal grants or have Ohio take over administration in Harrison County, opposing state control. He plans to consult with New York Governor Dewey on the issue.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Harrison County
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Transit Lines Alerted For Emergency Role
Cincinnati operators of streetcar and bus lines were told to stand by for a major emergency role if global tensions lead to auto restrictions. James K. Knudson of the Defense Transportation Administration spoke at the 70th annual convention of the American Transit Association.
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James K. Knudson
Defense Transport Administration
American Transit Association
Haydenville Girl Dies At Michigan Crossing
An auto train collision near Adrian Michigan killed Shirley Crane 16 of Haydenville Ohio and Linda Nichols 7 of Adrian. Their mother Mrs John Nichols 25 was seriously injured. Train engineer R W Cyler of Three Rivers Michigan. Coroner ruled deaths accidental. Ohio highway toll over the holiday weekend rose with 21 dead and several other fatal accidents reported.
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Shirley Crane
Haydenville
Hocking County
Ohio
Linda Nichols
Adrian
New York Central
John Nichols
Linda
Shirley
R. W. Cyler
Three Rivers
Mich
Theodore R. Jackson
Huntington
W. Va
Chile
Clermont County
Bible Belief Costs Jobs At NYC Railroad
Cornelius and Charles DeLamotte, Plymouth Brethren, were fired from the New York Central Railroad after refusing to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen amid a union shop pact. They cited St Paul’s Second Epistle to the Corinthians as justification. Cornelius now sells hosiery door to door. Charles is jobless.
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Cornelius
Charles DeLamotte
New York Central Railroad
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Plymouth Brethren
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Union
DeLamottes
Charles
British Labor Calls Churchill War Monger
In Scarborough the Labour Party framed Churchill's Conservatives as a potential war party and made the threat of a third world war its central issue in Britain's campaign. About 1500 delegates opened a three day conference ahead of the Oct 25 election as bookies predicted Conservative odds.
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Labor Party
Britain
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Breen Quits Congress Post in Ohio
Gov. Frank J. Lausche accepted the resignation of Edward Breen the Democrat congressman from Dayton in the third district. A special election to fill the vacancy will be held on the regular election day November 6 due to Breen's ill health.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Edward Breen
Lausche
Breen
Dayton
Britain Ends Festival Lights Out After Season
London reports the lights go dark on Britain's colorful festival scene as it closes after drawing nearly 8.5 million visitors since opening on May 4.
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Britain
London
Tristate Coal Co seeks order over UMWA action
Tristate Coal Co filed in Common Pleas Court for a temporary restraining order against the United Mine Workers of America. The company alleges roving union men drove workers from a Smithfield strip mine last Friday and says the mine has halted operations costing about 1000 dollars daily. The number of employed workers at Smithfield was not specified. Union members have been attempting to organize strip mine workers in Southeast Ohio.
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Common Pleas
Tristate Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Tristate
Smithfield
Ohio
Nelsonville Man Named To State of Office
Raymond C. Patton of Nelsonville was elected grand master at arms by the Ohio Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Evan M. Owens of New Philadelphia is grand chancellor.
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Columbus
Raymond C. Patton
Ohio Lodge
the Knights of Pythias
Evan M. Owens
New Philadelphia
Historic Supreme Court term opens with landmark cases
The Supreme Court begins a new term facing pivotal questions on deportation and detention of alien communists, state bans on communist employment in public schools, and the future of the leaders of the U S communist movement. Racial desegregation in public schools and voting rights actions by Negro students and teachers are also before the court.
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Supreme Court
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New York
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High Court
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Tennessee
American Civil Liberties Union
Chicago
Spotty Strip Mine Reclamation Draws Ohio Critique
Ohio Agriculture Director H S Foust reports mixed compliance among strip mine operators after a three day inspection tour of Perry Muskingum Noble Guernsey Harrison Jefferson Carroll and Tuscarawas counties. He says four or five small operators left the state without reclaiming land and urged Governor Lausche to pursue extradition to enforce reclamation. The effort focuses on toxic areas in Tuscarawas County and testing planting options with the Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station.
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Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station
Tuscarawas County
Auto Speeds Into River at Mississippi Ferry Landing
RIDGELY Tenn. A woman screamed for help as a car sped around waiting autos at Powell's Landing and plunged into the Mississippi River. Witnesses told police the car shifted to second gear and roared up the landing before drowning a man and a woman identified as T. L. Cook 30 and Mrs Alice Tilda Swater 29 of Dyersburg. Deputy James M. Hyde said the girl cried for help as the car door remained closed.
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Alice Tilda Swater
Dyersburg
Tenn
James M. Hyde
Tiptonville
Bootleg Gold Ring Hunted
Federal agents pursue a $100,000,000 year gold smuggling ring described as a danger to U S finances. Ring members allegedly hid gold in snow vehicles oil drum pieces and chicken fat and shipped to Rotterdam Bombay Tangiers and Uruguay. Three Brooklyn men were arrested on charges under the 1917 trading with the enemy act which bars holding gold over $100.
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United States
Rotterdam
Bombay
Tangiers
Uruguay
Brooklyn
Two Children Die In Rooming House Fire
A severe fire swept through a tinder dry old mansion turned rooming house in Saginaw Michigan last night killing two children and injuring seven other residents. The building had been condemned a month earlier as unsafe and sits in a slum district.
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Saginaw
Mich
Lockout Charged at Youngstown Brier Hill Plant
The CIO United Steelworkers accuse Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. of a lockout by closing the Brier Hill plant, alleging workers are locked out as a result of the shutdown.
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CIO
United Steelworkers Today
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Brier Hill
Agreement Signed Between Soviet Union and Partners
The Soviet Union announced a long term trade and scientific cooperation agreement was signed today. The accord covers economic exchange and scientific collaboration, signaling strengthened ties with the involved nations and organizations.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U S Eighth Army vows to strike if Reds push war
In Korea, Eighth Army signals readiness to strike hard should communists abandon talks. Gen Ridgway and Gen Bradley tour eastern front as South Korean troops capture Heartbreak Ridge flanks. Air clashes see Mig-15s contested by 27 F-86s with no Allied losses reported. Defense data lists 38 killed, 161 wounded, and 22 at risk in new casualty tally.
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UN Starts Hearing Iran-British Oil Dispute In New York
The United Nations opens a session in Flushing Meadow over the Iran Britain oil row as Iran demands expulsion of British workers from Abadan and Britain plans to evacuate all oil personnel by Thursday. U S delegate Gross hopes for a joint agreement advancing justice for both sides while Mossadegh derides world rulers and signals possible flight to New York if the council asserts power.
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William M. Rountree
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Tehran
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Azerbaijan
U S May Be Awaiting New Deadlier Weapons
Washington report by Chief Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson says the government may delay full production of some weapons to allow development of better models. He notes constant work on more effective systems, while stressing mass production is near but must balance speed with improvement. Decisions on delaying items hinge on specific weapon needs.
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Lutheran Leader Dies After Heart Ailment
The Rev. Dr. S. C. Michelfelder, 62, executive secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, died yesterday in Chicago after a heart ailment. A noted figure in reconstruction and church relief in Europe, he headed Lutheran World Federation activities from Geneva.
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Drugs Found Taped to Leg at London Prison Farm
London Prison Farm authorities discovered benzedrine tablets taped to the leg of visitor John Aiello. A package of 503 tablets was seized as he resisted searches. Aiello, 23, of Cleveland, was fined 50 dollars and sentenced to six months in the county jail with three months suspended for the offence involving the contraband.
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London Prison Farm
John Aiello
Cleveland
Aiello
Justice of the Peace
Hit With Pitched Ball A High School Player Dies
A 16 year old high school baseball player died in Wood County hospital after being struck on the head by a pitched ball. Thomas Stewart of Hawkins seven miles north of Bowling Green was hospitalized Saturday night. Coroner H W Mannhardt said autopsy ruling would await results.
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Wood County Hospital
Thomas Stewart
Haskins
H. W. Mannhardt
Two Spectators Killed at Norwood Park Auto Races
In Clarksburg West Virginia two spectators died and five were injured at Norwood Park during a stock car program. Herbert Kesling, 43, of Stonewood, was struck by a wheel that detached from John Stephenson’s car. Mrs. Howard Demastus, 28, of Massillon Ohio, perished when a tire blew and car jumped an embankment into the stands. Races were halted after the second fatality.
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W. Va
Herbert Kesling
Stonewood
Howard Demastus
Massillon
Ohio
Norwood Park
Kesling
John Stephenson
Demastus
Jury Studies Abuse Charges at Crawford County Home
The Crawford County grand jury opens a week long session to weigh mistreatment of inmates and mismanagement at the county home. Prosecutor Leo Scanlon says witnesses will appear this afternoon and tomorrow morning as they probe 16 charges against superintendent Harold Dinkel and 13 against his wife. Alleged abuses include dunking an elderly inmate in cold water and using an electric fence charger to keep a retime inmate awake.
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Crawford County Grand Jury
Leo Scanlon
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County Commission
Harold Dinkel
Dinkel
Rete Me
Argentina Quiet After Short Lived Revolt
Buenos Aires reports calm following Friday’s brief revolt decree. The government states a state of internal war remains in effect and vows action against participants in the uprising. Local workers resume routines as authorities clamp down on dissent.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Mark Clark's Son Awarded Silver Star in Korea
Gen Ridgway cited 26 year old William D Clark, son of Gen Mark Clark, for gallantry in Korea. Clark earned the Silver Star for aiding two grounded sentries amid enemy fire.
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Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
William D. Clark
Clark
Panifire
Traffic Deaths Reported Across Regions
Traffic fatalities in 1951 show regional variation with Chillicothe Columbus and Chicago leading in totals. Officials report 350,000 to 500,000 fatalities per 10,000 registered drivers or units, reflecting high risk levels and urging enhanced safety measures nationwide.
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The
Tional Safety Council
Columbus
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