Medina High School Boy Admits Ambush Killing
A Medina County prosecutor said 17-year-old Gerald Killinger admitted ambushing and killing Harold Mast to help a friend win Mast's war bride. Killinger and Max Amerman, 27, signed statements after lie detector tests. Mast was shot near his farm four miles south of Medina as he returned from an agriculture class.
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Cleveland
Medina, O
Medina County
William G. Batchelder
Batchelder
Gerald
Jerry) Killinger
Max Amerman
Harold E. Mast
Amerman
Medina
Taft Ferguson campaign grows bitter in Ohio race
In Cleveland taunt filled remarks Sen Robert A Taft Republican incumbent assailed the CIO Political Action Committee as a smear group. Democratic auditor Joseph T Ferguson accused Taft of using idle tricks to hamper public welfare.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
CIO Political Action Committee
Joseph T. Ferguson
Taft
Republican Club
Euclid
Ohioans help honor 33 dead guardsmen
Coshocton and West Lafayette residents planned to travel to Pennsylvania to join a benefit for families of 33 National Guardsmen killed in a Sept 11 train wreck near Coshocton. The Wyoming Valley district hosts a parade of progress to thank Ohio volunteers, with all proceeds to the soldiers’ families.
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Coshocton
West Lafayette
Pennsylvania
Here
Wyoming Valley
Wage boost granted to 150000 CIO clothing workers
A 12 percent increase in hourly wages has been granted to 150,000 CIO clothing workers in New York and other cities. The settlement aims to raise pay across the garment industry and improve working conditions.
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New York
CIO
One Want Ad Sells Many Items at University Terrace
Mrs. Bessie F. Jones touts Messenger Want Ads after placing a seven line notice. The ad lists a Frigidaire apartment size electric range 1949 model used little, green stair carpet with pads and rods, 4 pair lined drapes, maple chest of drawers dressers sturdy tables chairs and other household furnishings for sale. Dial 966 or call 97 University Terrace. Regardless of what you have to sell or buy.
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Bessie F. Jones
University Terrace
Knights Elect Athens Man Commander
Thomas E. Gibson of Athens was elected commander of the Grand Commandery of Ohio Knights Templar at the close of the 108th conclave. Russell Davis of Columbus was named grand warden, with all other officers advancing one rank. The Grand Commandery Grand Council and Grand Chapter plan meetings in Columbus on October 7, 1951.
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Columbus
Thomas E. Gibson
Athens
Ohio
Knights Templar
Ohio Commandery
Russell Davis
Grand Council
Grand Chapter
10,000 More Men Called
Washington reports a new draft call for 40,000 inductees in December, boosting total calls since the defense program began to 210,000. Including National Guard federalization and reservist calls, the Army may reach over 970,000 men in the near term.
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Washington
Zanesville Man Dies As Coal Truck Burns
Howard C. Giebeau, 44, of Zanesville, was killed when his loaded coal truck overturned two miles west of Cumberland near a Strip mine. The crash ignited the gasoline tank, consuming 14 tons of coal in the vehicle.
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Zanesville
Cambridge
Howard C. Giebeau
Cumberland
Giebeau
French Finance Request Drives U S Aid Talks
French Defense Minister Jules Moch arrives in Washington to press France demand for a large dollar loan to speed up rearmament and bolster its defense program.
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Washington
Jules Moch
France
Chauncey Man Sought Over War Claims Payment
Washington AP reports the War Claims Commission seeks Arthur M. Henderson of Chauncey Ohio to claim a $232 check for 232 days as a WWII POW. The unclaimed payment was returned via Chauncey and Nelsonville routing and may go to the Treasury dead file without a current address. Henderson is urged to respond with a new address.
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Washington
U.S
Arthur M. Henderson
Chauncey
Ohio
Henderson
Army Engineers
France
Route 2
Nelsonville
War Claims Commission
Treasury Department
Mass grave killings reported by American intelligence officers
American intelligence said communist troops forced 49 South Koreans to dig graves near Tongjong, then killed them with sub machineguns and sabres as they refused to fight for Reds. Captain Lansford, citing survivor Kim Mun Kwon, reported 38 bodies found in two mass graves and ten others missing.
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Tokyo
Jack P. Lansford
Louisville
Kim Mun Kwon
Reds
Tongjong
Seoul
Red
Kim
State Calls Widow In Murder Trial
The state continued its witness lineup in the first degree murder trial of Homer Jack Dean, former Columbus bartender. The widow of Elmo C. Rice, a suburban real estate dealer fatally shot on December 10, 1947, was among those slated to testify as Dean pleads innocent after extradition from West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville.
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Columbus
Homer Jack Dean
Elmo C. Rice
Dean
West Virginia State
Moundsville
Mrs Ford Leaves Half Of Estate To Institute
Mrs Henry Ford wills nearly half of an estimated 8.5 million dollar estate to the Edison Institute for education. The remainder goes to relatives and five longtime Ford family servants receive specified cash gifts.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Edison Institute
Ford
Saucer Pictures “Conveniently” Bad
Great Falls Montana baseball manager Nick Mariana said the Air Force confiscated his color films of airborne objects. The Air Force reported the film was too dark to distinguish any recognizable objects and the images were viewed yesterday at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
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Dayton
Great Falls
Mont
Air Force
Nick Mariana
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Government imposes tough home loan limits start tomorrow
Tomorrow new mortgage rules require minimum cash down payments from 5 to 50 percent and 20 year payoff terms, with older homes allowed 25 years. The changes affect all buyers and lenders. The Truman administration also announces a Wage Stabilization Board chair and strict cotton export curbs to curb inflation.
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Washington
Truman
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation
New Wage Stabilization Board
Acheson Issue Dominates Legion Convention Agenda
At the 32nd American Legion convention in Los Angeles the demand to replace Secretary of State Dean Acheson tops the agenda as 800 resolutions are submitted. National Commander George N. Craig calls for Acheson’s dismissal amid loss of public confidence while committees address communism and subversive control. Edith Nourse Rogers to receive the Distinguished Service Medal for veterans work.
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Los Angeles
Truman
Dean Acheson
National American Legion
National Executive Committee
Acheson
George N. Craig
State Department
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Lutherans Open Way For Church Merger
The American Lutheran Church held a national convention vote approving a nine member committee to explore merging with the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church. The three bodies total more than 2.56 million members.
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Columbus
American Lutheran Church
ALC
Evangelical Lutheran Church
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ohio executive George Sessions dies at 68
George Sessions, 68, longtime chairman of the Lamson and Sessions Co. executive committee, died today in Cleveland. The business leader shaped company strategy and community affairs. Funeral plans are pending.
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Ohio
Cleveland
George Sessions Case
Lamson & Sessions Co
Air hitchhiker jailed after tail ride on plane
Criserio Reyes Guerrero, 19, an eager farm boy, clung to a Lamsa Airlines aircraft tail at Torreon airport and rode for 61 minutes to Mexico City before bailment. Police anticipate charges as officials warn against aerial hitchhiking.
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Torreon
Mexico
Criserio Reyes Guerrero
Lamsa
United) Airlines
Mexico City
Zomee
Orreon
Reyes Guerrero
Crime Probe Moves East
U S Senate crime probers shift focus to northern New Jersey and New York City, with a closed hearing set for the New York Federal Building. Senator Estes Kefauver notes the activity is a small phase and not the full New York investigation.
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New York
United States Senate
Senators
New Jersey
New York City
New York Federal Building
Foley Square
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Brooklyn
Chicago
Thomas Harrison
Red China Egg Shipment Triggers Furor in Seattle
A Seattle waterfront warehouse held 700 tons of powdered eggs from China awaiting transfer to New York for eastern bakery distribution. Rep. Mitchell urged a full investigation into U S policy on egg purchases while AFL union members denounced the shipment as harmful to American labor. Government buys U S surplus eggs at 96 cents a pound. export price is 20 cents.
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Seattle
China
New York
Rep
Mitchell
D-Wash
Truman
Department of Agriculture
United States
Packinghouse, Poultry and Egg Workers Union
AFL
Agriculture Department
Washington State
Post- Intelligencer
U. S
Ohio Flood Control Funds Suffer Cuts
Army engineers disclosed a drastic cut in Ohio flood control river and harbors projects for the fiscal year ending next June 30. Nationally the total planned expenditure is $618,564,650 after Congress reduced civil works funding. some projects were eliminated entirely.
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Washington
Army _ engineers
Ohio
Congress
Soviet Support Becomes Opposition in UN Ballot Plan
The United States and allies push for an early UN General Assembly vote to empower armed units against aggression when the Security Council is vetoed by the Soviet Union. Vishinsky defends the veto as essential, while diplomats outline a 24 hour emergency session plan, a peace patrol, armed forces earmarks, and a collective measures committee.
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Lake
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Security Council
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
John Foster Dulles
Reading
Vishinsky
United Nations
Council
General Assembly
UN Assembly
Far East Problems to be Discussed by Truman and MacArthur
President Truman and General Douglas MacArthur will meet in the Pacific this weekend to discuss the broad range of critical Far Eastern problems.
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Far East
Pacific
Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Allies advance toward Pyongyang as Red force fights on
As three allied columns push toward Pyongyang from the south east and east, Maj. Gen. Hobart R. Gay says the Red forces are doomed. Kim Il Sung orders continued resistance, and U.S. leaders plan a high level talks with MacArthur to shape Far Eastern policy.
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Pyongyang
Hobart R. Gay
Red
Kim Il Sung
North Korea
Kim
MacArthur
Red Korea
ROK
Wonsan
Kumhwa
Mrs. Thacker Dies in Ohio Gas Stove Explosion Case
Mrs. Co P. Thacker, 90, who was buried two weeks ago after a gas stove explosion at her New Lexington home, died today in Zanesville. She was the wife of C P Thacker, president of the Perry County Bank.
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New Lexington
Co. P. Thacker
Zanesville
C. P. Thacker
Perry County Bank
German philosopher Nicolai Hartmann dies at 68
German philosopher Nicolai Hartmann, aged 68, died in Goettingen. The death was announced today.
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Dies Goettingen
Germany
Nicolai Hartemann
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