Nye Welcomes Delegates at Lake Hope in Ohio
Lt Gov George Nye hosts 107 out-of-state delegates from 34 states at Lake Hope National Park for the 31st annual National Conference of State Parks meeting. NPS director Arthur DeMeray says he will retire in December and Conrad Wirth will succeed him. DeMeray urges park programs focus on public needs rather than federal versus state control.
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Loe
George Nye
Frank Lausche
Zaleski
Frank D. Quinn
National Conference On State Parks
A. E. DeMeray
National Parks Service
Arthur DeMeray
National Conference of State Parks
DeMeray
Conrad Wirth
Wirth
Texas
Gev
Frank J. Lausche
Lake Hope National Park
Lewis G. Scoggin
Florida Board of Parks and Historical Memorials
UN Record Stirs Battle Over Jessup Nomination
Washington reports show UN ambassador pick Philip C. Jessup was in New York on February 5, contrary to Harold Stassen’s claim he attended a White House conference. Warren R. Austin notified the State Department, prompting Senate hearings to reexamine Jessup’s whereabouts and the Vandenberg claim he attended the meeting.
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Washington
United Nations
Philip C. Jessup
New York
White House
Harold E. Stassen
Congress
Truman
Jessup
State Department
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Department
Stassen
Philadelphia
Senate Foreign Relations
Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Mother Saves Three in Fire in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn a 35 year old mother, Mrs. Irma Randall, saved three of her children by dropping them from a three story apartment through a blanket held by neighbors before she died in the blaze. Firemen arrived too late to help.
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New York
Brooklyn
Irma Randall
King George VI Names Duke of Gloucester for Royal Duties
King George VI, recovering after his long operation, appoints his younger brother the Duke of Gloucester to assume some royal duties for the next month. The decision signals a temporary shift in ceremonial responsibilities during the king's convalescence.
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London
George VI
the Duke of Gloucester
Riots In Cairo Target Western Firms In Anti Foreign Surge
A wild crowd in Cairo attacked western business houses amid anti foreign rioting sparked by Prime Minister El Nahas Pas ha’s denunciation of the Anglo Egyptian treaty. British and French firms along with Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola trucks were targeted as mobs tried to storm Immobilia buildings. The crowd dispersed after a cracker sparked by a balcony explosion provoked fury but caused no injuries.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mustapha el Nahas Pasha
Britain
Suez Canal
Sudan
Alleged McCarthy Spy To Face Swiss Trial
A tubercular young American of Pasadena California is to be tried in the Federal Swiss Criminal Court on charges of political spying for Sen Joseph McCarthy. Charles E Davis aged 24 is accused by the Swiss government of gathering information about John Carter Vincent the U S minister to Switzerland until his transfer last February and supplying it to McCarthy.
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Geneva
Joseph W. McCarthy
R-Wis
Charles E. Davis
Pasadena
Calif
John Carter Vincent
U.S
Switzerland
McCarthy
101st Fairfield County Fair Opens With $25,000 Awards
The Lancaster fair opens today for a four day run featuring livestock horticulture and fine arts exhibits. This 101st Fairfield County Fair awards total $25 000 and is regarded as the season’s last event.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County
Fairfield
Reds UN pick new truce site near Panmunjom
Liaison officers chose a site six air miles southeast of Kaesong for resuming Korean truce talks. The open air site lies about eight road miles southeast of Kaesong and 13 road miles northwest of Munsan. A full delegation meeting was urged as the UN command prepared for renewed negotiations.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Kaesong
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations Command
GI's Dream Comes True at Fort Hayes
At Fort Hayes in Columbus Cpl. Robert E. Price of Marion woke to breakfast in bed on his 23rd birthday after Captain William H. Brinnon ordered that all men in his unit have a birthday sleep late and a morning tray. First Sergeant George Williams and Sergeant Charles A. Flick delivered bacon eggs orange juice toast and coffee in bed.
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Columbus
Fort Hayes
Robert E. Price
Marion
George Williams
Charles A. Flick
Wilmington
William H. Brinnon
Price
B&O Freight Cars Derailed Near Huntington
A 60 car Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday between Cox's Landing and Homestead east of Huntington. No injuries reported though 15 or 16 cars left the tracks. The mixed manifest freight from Kenova to Parkersburg blocked the main line and detoured a Kenova to Pittsburgh passenger train via Charleston to Point Pleasant. Line clearance reported this morning. Engineer Norman Clendennin and Conductor J. Giebaut of Parkersburg led the crew.
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Huntington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cox's Landing
Homestead
Here
E. W. Reddington
Kenova
Reddington
Parkersburg
Norman Clendennin
J. Giebaut
Police Chiefs Oppose Civil Service Exemption
The Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police adopted a resolution opposing exempting police chiefs from civil service. The resolution was sent to Gov. Lausche Gordon Renner and Cleveland area mayoral candidates. Frank Harrison of Columbus was elected president.
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Dayton
Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police
Frank J. Lausche
Gordon Renner
House of Representatives
Cleveland
Frank Harrison
Columbus
Labor Leaders oppose Taft for president says Green
Springfield Newfoundland telegram reports William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, stating last night that labor does not want Senator Robert A. Taft as president. Green questions whether any figure could be more objectionable to labor than Taft as chief executive.
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Springfield
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
United States
Taft
Doctor Woodward Named Psychiatry Grade Two At Athens State Hospital
The State Welfare Department announced 12 doctors promoted to psychiatry grade two. Dr. George D. Woodward was assigned to the Athens State Hospital.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
George D. Woodward
Athens
Tank Led Yanks Rip Red Lines in Korea Front
A powerful American tank led unit pierced eight miles through Chinese lines on the eastern front near Heartbreak Ridge. Chinese troops fled as tanks routed bunkers while infantry and cavalry supported, with B-29s bombing Pyongyang to prevent a growing Chinese air force.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Heartbreak Ridge
U. S
Pyongyang
Truman Raps Library Fund Tax Saving
The St Louis Post Dispatch reported a fund letter for a Harry S Truman Memorial Library claimed tax savings for donors. President Truman dissociated himself and said he would have stopped it. Senator Anderson drafted the letter and defended its limited circulation to trusted friends.
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ST. Louis
Harry S. Truman
White House
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Truman
Anderson
D-N.m
Washington
Albuquerque
N. M
Fugitive Laments Phony Escape From Jail
Dayton report says Herman Jackson escaped his third floor cell by bending bars, then vanished for ninety minutes before police recaptured him. He faces trial on strong armed robbery charges and denies making the escape call although he admits buying a bottle of wine.
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Dayton
Herman Jackson
Ray Escudero
Jackson
FBI Chief Reveals Arrest of Top Red Agent Gus Hall
Laredo Texas reports that Gus Hall national secretary of the Communist Party was turned over to the FBI at 3 am on the international bridge from Mexico. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover announced Hall would be jailed and noted Hall was among four top U S Communists who jumped bail after Smith Act convictions.
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Laredo
Tex
Gus Hall
FBI
United States
Mexico
Tom Green
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Hall
Hoover
Communist Party
U. S
Green
Immigration Office
Royal couple arrives in Ottawa with lavish entertainment
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of EdinburghLed a royal tour into Canada’s capital meeting the governor general Viscount Alexander of Tunis and premier officials. A state dinner at Government House topped the day after a 10 am arrival at Union Station and a wreath laying at the national war memorial.
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Ottawa
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
Government House
Viscount Alexander
Tunis
Union Station
National War Memorial
Secrest Sees Southeast Ohio as Ideal for Defense Plants
Rep. Secrest says Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson is sold on using the Ohio River Valley for expanded industry. He told a reporter Larson is helping locate sites and praises southeastern Ohio for its coal water and power, noting highways and river transport as strong.
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Secrest
Wilson
Washington
Ohio
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Ohio River Valley
Jess Larson
General Services Administrator
Larson
Ohioan
Zanesville
Cambridge
Marietta
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
GSA
Ohio Power Co
Muskingum River
United States
Lausche orders more police to quell mine disturbances
Governor Frank J. Lausche ordered additional state highway patrolmen to Belmont and Guernsey counties to halt vandalism and property destruction amid non union mine organizing drives. Damage estimated at 5000 dollars, with two injuries reported, as UMW pickets disrupted several mines. At Zanesville, Sunset Enterprises sought injunctive relief against pickets, with court to hear four similar cases Friday.
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Lausche
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Belmont
Guernsey
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Eastern Ohio Coal Company
Bethesda
Belmont County
Virginia Mining Company
Salesville
Guernsey County
Hallet Coal Company
Barnesville
J. E. Orell Coal Company
Zanesville
Sunset Enterprises Inc
Common Pleas
UMW
Clarence D. Crossland
Dirksen Voices Support for Taft at Cincinnati Dinner
Senator Everett Dirksen rallied for Robert Taft at a Cincinnati fundraiser, endorsing Taft as the 1952 GOP standard bearer amid a $100 per plate event that drew wealthy supporters and netted about $75,000 for the party. He urged a crusading zeal and defined a candidate as American and Republican, praising Taft as meeting both criteria.
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Cincinnati
Everett M. Dirksen
Taft
Ohio
Dirksen
Robert A. Taft
Illinois
Bob Taft
Sen. Taft
Indictment Against Soldier Withdrawn in Ohio Case
The widow of Rex B Looker asked that a second degree manslaughter charge against Pfc. James A Talbott be dropped. The common pleas court entry dropped the indictment against Talbott, son of Brig Gen Nelson S Talbott of Dayton, in the three car crash that killed Looker on April 23 in Xenia Ohio.
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Xenia
Common Pleas Court
Pfc
James A. Talbott
Nelson S. Talbott
Dayton
Talbott
Rex B. Looker
Washington Court House
Bowles Wins Senate Approval as Envoy to India
Chester Bowles overcame a sharp Republican challenge in the Senate to secure confirmation as ambassador to India. The vote stood 43 to 33 after about two hours of debate led by Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman of the GOP Policy Committee.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Senate
India
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Bowles
Washington Senate votes on federal district court expansion
The Senate yesterday approved a third federal district court for northern Ohio, elevating Ohio to five such courts. Ohio centers for federal district courts are Cleveland Toledo Columbus and Dayton.
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Washington
Senate
Federal District Court
Ohio
Federal District Courts
Uniform Tax Rules Sought Across Ohio Counties
The state board of tax appeals in Columbus served notice that it will require a uniform yardstick to value property for the 1952 tax year. Since 1949 the board has pressed county auditors to adopt the same yardstick to ensure equal distribution of state aid and fair taxation across all counties and school districts.
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Columbus
State Board of Tax Appeals
Ohio
Gen Clark's Son Wounded in Battle on Eastern Front
Captain William D. Clark, 26, son of General Mark Clark, was seriously wounded Monday west of Heartbreak Ridge in Korea. He served as operations officer of a battalion in the Ninth Infantry Regiment during an assault on a Red hill at the Mundung Valley entrance.
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Clark
Eastern Front
Korea
William D. Clark
Mark Clark
Heartbreak Ridge
U. S. Ninth Infantry Regiment
Mundung Valley
Radio outlet approved at Washington Court House
The Federal Communications Commission yesterday granted final approval to Court House Broadcasting Co. for a new standard radio station at Washington Court House. The move completes prior tentative authorizations and sets the station on track to begin operations in the near future.
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Washington
The
Federal Communications Commission
Court House Broadcasting Co
Standard
Washington Court House
Autopsy planned in homicide case of unidentified woman
An autopsy was set for today in Athens to determine death cause of an unidentified woman found buried on a Hocking River sandbar at Guysville. Sheriff Bateman and Dr. Elias confirmed homicide. Details describe a 35 to 50 year old, about 5'5", 150 pounds with a fractured skull and a three inch scalp wound.
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Guysville
Guysville Area
Dave Hughes
Athens
Roy J. Cross
the Messenger
Eugene Rowland
John H. Elias
Vance Harris
Hocking
George Bateman
Elias
Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes
Horace Davidson
Columbus
James Shoemaker
Denver Fore
Forrest Hilton
Coolville
Sheriff Bateman
Hocking River
West Virginia
Sand Bar
Bateman
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Parkersburg
W. Va
Wood County
Athens County
Jans Abbott
J. C. Penny
Miller's Foot
Oxfords
Egy
Econo
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