South Korea Presses Toward Manchuria Front
South Korean forces push about 50 miles toward the Manchurian border with air support and Australian and U.S. advisers aiding the drive. General MacArthur reports Third and Sixth Divisions advancing to Tongcho and Chunchon while Marines fight near Ui Jongbu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Red Korea
China
Manchuria
Koryo
Kangnung
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
Earl E. Partridge
Fifth Air Force
Kim Pakil
First Corps
Partridge
KMAG
Hal Boyle
Republic
Kansong
Kosong
Wonsan
Sea of Japan
Boyle
MacArthur
Red China
Yalu River
Communist China
North Korea
Tongcho
10Th Corps
Korea
Chunchon
U.S
Tom Lambert
Uijongbu
Seoul
South Korea
38Th Parallel
Kojin
ROK
Chechon
Eight Nation Plan Gains UN Backing in Korea Debate
Australia and Canada backed the eight nation plan to unify Korea under UN auspices as a counter to a Soviet pro gram. Percy Spender signaled broad support for UN authorized action to reach China’s borders, while Soviet Andrei Vishinsky pressed a seven point plan demanding troop withdrawals and elections under UN observers. Warren Austin condemned the Soviet proposal as surrender and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Philippines
Carlos P. Romulo
General Assembly
Security Council
MacArthur
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Korea
Vishinsky
South Korea
United States
U.S
Red China
Warren Austin
Percenters Get Approval for Contract-Getting Fees
The U S tax court allowed deduction of fees paid to a contract-getting firm by Aetna-Standard Engineering Co. of Youngstown Ohio for wartime gun carriage contracts. The commission total was 59496 over 17 months and can be deducted if no undue influence was used on officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington L?p
United States
Aetna-Standard Engineering Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Bingo Takes Heavy Haul
Cleveland officials report bingo players spend millions yearly with less than three percent going to charity. Stanley P. Nemec testifies in Common Pleas Court as two attorneys seek to outlaw bingo in Cleveland and potentially Ohio. He describes personal tours where average players lose 10 to 20 dollars per night and heavy players up to 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Stanley P. Nemec
Nemec
Common Pleas
Frank J. Merric
Ohio
Big Three to Press UN for Probe on Russian POWs
Western powers plan to urge the United Nations next week to launch an international investigation into the fate of thousands of Russian prisoners of war, according to official sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Nations
Pups For Pets Hounds For Hunting in The Messenger
Sunday Messenger want ad promises same day results for fox hound trade or sale. Includes contact M. HM Jenkinson at Hocking Road The Plains and note buyers or sellers will be connected through Messenger Want Ads. Call 0242 for results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Want
Sunday Messenger
Jenkinson
Hocking Road
Water barrel mystery draws 20000 visitors to Orr farm
On May 12 70 year old John H Orr built a 50 gallon barrel drinking trough for his chickens. The barrel mystery drew around 20000 sightseers from Hawaii Scotland and South America as water remained level at three gallons daily. After a prank overturned the barrel the couple posted no trespassing signs and offered no explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orr
Piney River
Orr Farm
Hawaii
Scotland
South America
Orrs
Why China Fears Korea War Reach Across 38th Parallel
The piece argues Chinese worry over the 38th parallel stems from the Yalu River hydroelectric grid built by Japan, supplying Manchuria and Korea. A unified Korea under UN could hand control of key power dams to unfriendly hands, threatening Manchuria’s industrial program and the Chinese regime’s stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yalu River
Manchuria
Korea
North Korea
United Nations
Parents May Collect POW Claims Easier
The War Claims Commission said parents of deceased World War II prisoners of war may now receive benefits more easily under an amendment signed by President Truman. The change removes the requirement to prove financial dependence on the POW to collect payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Claims Commission
Truman
Second Mine Hits American Destroyer Off Korea Coast
A second American destroyer was damaged by a mine explosion off the coast of North Korea in a naval incident. The vessel sustained damage while patrolling the area, with no immediate word on casualties or ongoing combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Cavalry Division
Taegu
Korea
Washington
North Korea
HurricaneSlow Drift Aims at Cape Hatteras
A small but severe Atlantic hurricane moved slowly toward Cape Hatteras today. The cyclone's slow progress raised concerns for coastal observers and prompted monitoring by regional weather offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Cape Hatteras
Dogdom Dispute About Canine Caper Ends in Damages
In Chicago a $5000 damage suit stemming from a supposed romance between Skippy the mongrel and Snow Queen the Belgian shepherd was dismissed. Skippy’s owner paid $100 to Snow Queen’s owner after Judge Leonard C. Reid criticized the case as frivolous amid 1900 pending suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Skippy
Snow Queen
E. W. Nolden
Lowell E. Beisner
Leonard C. Reid
Beisner
Schipperke
Reid
Ohio Couple Reported Missing After Canadian Flight
Charles Tucker 40 of Dayton Ohio and his wife Martha 38 disappeared after flying their amphibious plane from Traverse City to Kenora Ontario on a vacation hunting trip. Canadian and U S authorities searched a vast area in northern Michigan and Lake Michigan for the missing pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Ohio
Canada
Charles Tucker
Dayton
Martha
Traverse City
Tuckers
Vandalia
Kenora
Ontario
Climate Outlook For Columbus With Slight Warmth Ahead
Extended forecast for Columbus predicts temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal with highs near 64 to 68 and lows around 44 to 48. Cooler midweek with a slow rise after Thursday, and about one inch of precipitation including rain Thursday and again Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Parrot Eggs Reveal Secret of Hidden Maxine in Virginia
In King William Virginia TM Max told little about sex and kept a double life for 18 years. Mr and Mrs R T Trimmer discovered Max was actually Maxine after their pet parrot laid an egg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King William
Max
R. T. Trimmer
Maxine
Bricker Calls for U S Fiscal Policy Change in Inflation Warning
Senator John W. Bricker urged the United States to alter fiscal policy to avoid an inflationary spiral amid small scale wars. He argued postwar finance favored printing press money, expropriating fixed income holders. Ohio gubernatorial candidate Don H. Ebright urged cautious state tax spending on a TV program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John W. Bricker
R-O
Ohio Savings and Loan League
Don H. Ebright
Frank J. Lausche
Ebright
New Englanders Gain Control of Key Cleveland Tower
Lawrence FE Green of Boston announces a group including Sixty Trust associates has acquired control of Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co. and related assets worth about 30 million dollars, including the city’s tallest tower outside New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York City
Lawrence FE
Green
Boston
Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Co
Sixty Trust
NPA imposes ironclad priority for defense orders
The National Production Authority introduces a single DO defense order priority across industry to keep the $30 billion yearly defense effort moving. The system requires all firms to honor DO orders and deliver on time, with civilian work set aside as needed. It includes loan guarantees, an inventory control order, top military claim on materials, and an emerging allocation system for scarce resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Production Authority
Armed Forces
Atomic Energy Commission
NPA
William H. Harrison
Defense
Federal Reserve
Senator Bridges decries State Department sell out over Korea policy
U S Senator Bridges accuses the State Department of a great sell-out that sacrifices gains won by youths in Korea. He claims Secretary Acheson is opening the back door for Communist China into the United Nations after the UN Security Council invited Chinese delegates amid council divergence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bridges
State Department
Korea
Asia
United Nations
Acheson
China
United Nations Security Council
Council
Ohio Supreme Court Opens Fall Term
The Ohio Supreme Court opened its fall term in Columbus. Judge Howard S. Faught of Cambridge could not attend. The docket includes a petition from Shondor Birns, Cleveland racketeer, seeking review of a six month jail sentence for jury tampering, to be decided later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Howard S. Faught
Cambridge
Edward C.turner
Shondor Birns
Cleveland
Birns
Nelsonville Council Votes To Sell City's Light Plant
Nelsonville council passed third reading 4 3 to authorize selling the municipal electric light plant. Mayor Hilleary vows to veto within 10 days, with possible override at next meeting. Proponents urge timely bargaining for best terms while retaining plant ownership for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Arthur Kennedy
Earl Hilleary
Charles Miller
Miller
American Congressman Tours Soviet Zone Near Berlin
Rep. Thurmenda Chatham describes a 50 mile jeep detour into the Soviet zone near Berlin with 250000 Russian troops, witnessing new jet aircraft and tiny tanks. He says danger abides for Westerners and cites Soviet losses in Asia and failed Polish East German alliance efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Thurmenda Chatham
D-Nc
U. S
Europe
Chatham
Trailmobile Strike Reported On Again At Cincinnati Plant
Nearly 900 Local 392 CIO United Auto Workers members met to renew the on again off again strike at Trailmobile Co Oakley. They approved a five cent wage increase with an escalator clause and demanded reinstatement of a dismissed union steward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Trailmobile Co
Oakley
CIO
United Auto Workers
William LeMaster
Divorce Granted to Man Over Four-Week Marriage
Gordon Jay Leaming, 22, was granted a divorce in district court yesterday from his wife of four weeks. He complained that Isabelle would not kiss him, ending the brief marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Gordon Jay Leaming
Isabelle
British wage freeze overturned by union and MPs
Margate England reports heavy pressure from union leaders and left wing MPs on Prime Minister Attlee. The Labour Party executive abandoned its wage freeze, adopting a pay boost and price cut resolution to take effect in February 1948 after a party conference where Attlee framed capitalism as faithless and democratic socialism as the alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margate
Eng
Attlee
Labor Party
Britain
Columbus Creates Municipal Defense Department
Columbus City Council approved a full time Municipal Department of Civil Defense with a part time director and paid assistants. The unit coordinates defense efforts of city departments and volunteers, the first such local organization in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Department of Civil Defense
Hio
York Man Assigned To Gallia Patrol Post
Gerald L. Bryan of Nelsonville among 27 graduates from the State Highway Patrol school has been assigned to the Gallipolis post. Supt. George Mingle announced the move. John M. Greenlee of Bridgeport also was named to the Athens post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald L. Bryan
Nelsonville
State
Gallipolig
George Mingle
John In. Greenlee
Bridgeport
Athens
Also Mentioned on This Page
Antung
Mukden
Changchun
Miles
Imunsan
Yellow Sea
Linkiang
Tsian
Hamhung
Sea OF
Japan
Suiljongbu
OLD
Beachhead
Mokpo
Kkojin
Yangyang
Samchok
Pohang
Pusan
Bingo
Big 3
Probe
Red
Hong Kong
PBL
Hallie Weesner
Bricker
New Englanders Bay Terminal
High Ohio Court
John Brooks
C. W. Monks
Bert Tolliver
Jack Wilson
Brooks
Poston Station
Hocking Valley
Ordin
Cotham
Kremlin
Defense Department
York
Gallia
Chauncey Es
Gallipolis Glouster
Nelsonville Ees
Pleasant Pomeroy-Middleport
Sports
iWomen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!