State Miners Poise for Showdown Election Reforms Urged
Mason County special grand jury issued a 10 page report calling for election reforms and citing irregularities such as vote buying and pre marking of ballots by clerks. It urged stricter selection of officials to protect voters rights and recommended inspection of the state road office amid evidence of property conversion and misuse. The panel also urged probes into Ivan Bush's county business and the Mason County school board with findings to be presented next January.
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Smu Bie Yusy Sepyvey
Mason County
Road Commission
Ivan Bush
Bush
Mason County School Board
Grand Jury
R. J. Williamson
C. C. Lewis, Jr
Blueprint for Honest Elections in Mason County
Special Mason County Grand Jury urges reforms for elections and State Road Commission activity. Recommendations cover precinct relocation, improved polling equipment, careful selection of election officials by party chairmen, vetting clerks and commissioners, eliminating vote buyers and sellers, and considering voting machines. Road office inspections are also advised.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Erand Turn
Arraignments Set For January Term
POINT PLEASANT Mason Countians named in 43 indictments by a special grand jury will face arraignments in the January term of court unless a special session is called. Prosecuting attorney J G F Johnson, who led five days of evidence on vote frauds and road commission improprieties, will not seek a special term before the regular session beginning January 5.
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State Road Commission
Roy Yauger
Albert Stevens
Russell Lewis
Clarence Weaver
Fred Batey
Robert Huffman
Worthy Conrad
Stanley Waldie
Robert S. Gibbs
Robert Crump
C. C. Lewis, Jr
Sidney Durst
Rome Williamson
Thurl Stone
George Love
John Crooks
Maxwell Allen
Edward Greene
Cabell County
J. G. F. Johnson
Mason County
Paul Brown
Athens
Greene
Albany
Athens County
Brown
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Messenger Newsphotos
Point Pleasant
Johnson
Gardner
J. G. F. Somson
Mason Man Sane Deter Plea In Murder Case
Osher Gardner Jr. was found sane after a mental examination at Lakin State Hospital. He faces armed robbery and first degree murder charges in the shotgun killing of 54 year old Roy Jackson last week. The plea was deferred pending the exam.
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Point Pleasant
Osher Gardner, Jr
S. O. Johnson
Lakin State Hospital
Gardner
Roy Jackson
Ohio records 17 fatalities over weekend
A weekend toll across Ohio includes 17 highway fatalities from Friday to Sunday midnight. Incidents include two shootings and a Philo man who fell from a scaffold. Notable deaths: Willie Jones in Lima by police shot during a friendly scuffle. John Payton Sr. in Philo. Robert Smith in Toledo. Clarence Murray near Lebanon. Stella Murray involved. Donald Griggs of Hamilton drowned when his car overturned in a submerged area.
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Butler County
Ohio
Philo
Willie Jones
Lima
John E. Payton Sr
Robert E. Smith
Toledo
Fremont
Clarence Murray
Lebanon
Gerald W. Couden
Murray
Stella
Donald Eldon Griggs
Hamilton
Motion Picture Industry Seeks Theater TV Service
Washington hearings open the theater television service case as the movie industry pushes to reserve about 400 megacycles of spectrum, set aside from home receivers, to add new entertainment and lure TV viewers back to theaters.
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Washington
Snow Graces Athens for First Time This Season
Snow flurried over Athens late this morning marking the city’s first snowfall of the season. Observers reported that light flurries appeared around noon and vanished quickly.
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Athens
Bricker and DiSalle Launch Final Campaign Push
Ohio politicians enter the last two weeks before the November 4 election with brisk event schedules. Governor Lausche and Senatorial hopeful DiSalle address Chillicothe rally. Senator Bricker speaks to the State Optometric Association in Toledo. Taft to speak at a Wellsville Young Republican dinner. Labor League supports Bricker but urges strong GOTV effort.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Michael V. DiSalle
Chillicothe
John W. Bricker
State Optometric Association
Toledo
Charles P. Taft
Wellsville
Labor League
John Bricker
Bricker
League
Highway tax plan faces rejection by state senator
State Sen. Joseph W. Bartunek urged rejection of a plan to raise 36 million dollars yearly through higher highway taxes. He called the plan unfair to private motorists and said it originated with the trucking lobby. The proposal would raise gasoline taxes by one cent, auto and truck license fees by 20 percent, and driver license fees by 200 percent.
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Columbus
Joseph W. Bartunek
Cuyahoga
Ohio Program Commission
Bartunek
Marching Men Struck By Truck Injuring Dozens at Amarillo Base
At Amarillo Air Force Base a pickup truck struck a formation of airmen marching to a mess hall. Airman 3-C Harold W. Breitstein, 20, from Famington Iowa, was killed instantly and about 20 others were injured. A second airman died Sunday from Friday night injuries. Airman 3-H Darrell E. Meadows, Dover Ohio, also among the injured.
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Amarillo
Tex
Amarillo Air Force Base
Darrell E. Meadows
Dover
Harold W. Breitenstein
Famington
U S Plans Hard Campaign For More UN Troops In Korea
United States officials vow a strong campaign in the United Nations to boost troop contributions to Korea. Secretary Acheson outlined the policy from UN podium as John Hickerson kicks off the push in New York, aiming to mobilize nonparticipating nations. The effort coincides with ongoing debates on armistice terms in the UN Assembly Political Committee amid Soviet opposition.
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U. S
Korea
United Nations
N. Y
United States
Dean Acheson
New York
John D. Hickerson
American Association For the United Nations
Hickerson
General Assembly
UN Assembly
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Acheson
Hordes Fail in Recapture of Two Hills on Korean Front
Chinese Red forces attacked Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge near Kumhwa with artillery and rockets but were repulsed by U S and Korean troops. Allied units held Pike's Peak with heavy hand to hand fighting. Communists retreated to bunkers and caves as air forces bombed staging areas.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
Triangle Hill
Sniper
Kumhwa
Pike's Peak
Papasan Mountain
U. S. 7Th Division
Clark Shuns Parley Plea
General Mark Clark refused to reopen Korean armistice talks on Communist terms. He said the UN Command will never negotiate further or accept any proposal demanding forced repatriation of prisoners. The Communists proposed renewing talks at Panmunjom.
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Tokyo
Mark Clark
Korea
Panmunjom
Physician Sets Sail Across Atlantic on Tiny Raft
French physician Dr. Alain Bombard, 27, started from the Canary Islands to drift toward the West Indies on a 5000 mile Atlantic crossing. He plans a 50 day voyage living on raw fish and plankton to prove men can survive using sea resources.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Alain Bombard
West Indies
Riots Leave 11 Dead in New Brighton Township
Heavily armed police ringed the Negro section of New Brighton after weekend riots left 11 dead and at least 27 injured. A running battle with police involved about 5000 people at one point Saturday, with great property damage reported.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
New Brighton
Seizure of Opium Aboard British Vessel in Philadelphia
U S Customs agents boarded the British oil tanker Silverdale at Philadelphia and seized 111 pounds of opium valued over one million. Chinese crew Ah Tay and Choy Peng were charged with smuggling and narcotics possession, with two other Chinese crew held. Captain D B Edgar found 50 pounds of opium on the last leg and stored it in his safe.
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Philadelphia
U.S
Michael J. Bradely
Ah Tay
Choy Peng
Walts Bradley
D. B. Edgar
Polka Dot Bandits Rob $100000 to $150000 in Belle Meade Heist
Five men wearing polka dot masks robbed 50 guests at the home of Nashville architect Francis B. Warfield in Belle Meade Tennessee. They forced guests to the basement, locked the door and escaped with an estimated 100000 to 150000 dollars in cash and jewels. The bandits wore gloves during the robbery.
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Washville
Tenn
Nashville
Francis B. Warfield
Tennessee
Belle Meade
Film Star Collapses Onstage In Detroit Premiere
Actress Bette Davis collapsed Sunday night at the Shubert Theater during the premiere of the musical revue Two's Company. She was carried off by two stagehands and returned minutes later to finish the show, telling the audience You can't say I didn't fall for you.
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Detroit
Bette Davis
Shubert Theater
Ohio Un American Activities Committee Opens Hearing
The Ohio Un American Activities Committee begins a twice postponed hearing on Communism in Hamilton County, located in Cincinnati, today.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Un-American Activities Committee
Hamilton County
Prominent Stevenson Backers Fight Hiss Attack Claim
In Springfield eight Stevenson supporters urge that bringing up the Alger Hiss case is unfair. They argue Eisenhower is more vulnerable on the issue and note his ties to the Carnegie Endowment and past board actions while Hiss led the group. Nixon and McCarthy have also pressed the Hiss association angle.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Alger Hiss
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
State Department
Eisenhower
Hiss
Gen
New York City
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Richard M. Nixon
California
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Auto Crash Triggers Fire Cutting Power Across Cincinnati
An automobile crash Sunday toppled a wooden power pole near Oakley, touching off a fire at a transformer bank and leaving thousands of homes and factories in the Greater Cincinnati area without electricity. Fire Marshal John T. Hall cited a short circuit as the blaze cause and Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. estimated damage in the thousands of dollars.
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Cincinnati
John T. Hall
Oakley
Hall
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Prehistoric Mammoth Bone Found in Chagrin River
A bone believed to be from a mammouth, a prehistoric beast, was found in the Chagrin River near here. Local officials examined the find and noted its potential significance to paleontology.
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Chardon, O
Chagrin River
Here
Miners idle as refusal to work spreads nationwide protest
More than half of the nations soft coal miners refused to work in protest against a cut in the $1.90 daily wage boost won recently. In Western and Central Pennsylvania 67,500 miners ignored whistles, swelling the total idle to 227,000 with tens of thousands more in Kentucky Ohio Indiana Illinois and Oklahoma. The walkout followed the Wage Stabilization Board’s approval of a $1.50 increase, which miners say nullifies their contract.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Oh Tan TV
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Oklahoma
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Grant Town No. 3
Eastern Gas and Fuel Association
Owings and Riversville
Consolidation Coal Company
Fayette and
Greene Counties
UMW
Fayette
U.S. Steel Corp
Republic Steelor
Weirton Steel Company
Crucible Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co Pany
Point Pleasant Fire Damage Total Revised
Point Pleasant’s two story brick building housing the Point Pleasant Register suffered major fire damage with losses estimated between 75000 and 85000 dollars. Richard Startzman the paper’s business manager said print editions would resume on the Parkersburg Sentinel press and trucks would deliver to Point Pleasant. The Ogden chain owns the Sentinel and the Register. A temporary office is in the Bardin Building on Main Street as plans to relocate or rent space are considered. New equipment will be needed.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Register
Richard Startzman
Startzman
Register
Parkersburg Sentinel
Sentinel
Ogden
Reds influence in Ohio labor unions questioned
Senate internal security subcommittee chair McCarran warned that even a few Communists in labor union leadership can disrupt defense work. The panel released testimony showing Communist activity in UE locals in Cleveland area, drawn from public hearings held in April.
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Washington
McCarran
D-New
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
U.E
Cleveland
CIO
Polio Vaccine Works in Children Trial Says Johns Hopkins Doctor
Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Dr Howard A Howe reports a killed polio virus vaccine produced antibodies in 2 to 5 year old children at Rosewood State Training School. He cautions the vaccine is not ready for use and requires further testing.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Howard A. Howe
Hopigins
Howe
American Public Health Association
Cleveland
Lansing
Rosewood State Training School
Eisenhower Opens New England Whistle Stop Tour
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower starts a three day train tour through Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts and New Hampshire as his campaign strategy targets the Truman administration rather than Adlai Stevenson. Bernard Baruch sends a letter praising Ike and his motives noting his cant tolerance and reform goals. Baruch a lifelong Democrat remains critic of Truman but supports Ike in this message.
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NEW York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New England
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
White House
Eisenhower
Grand Central Terminal
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Wilson
Lines Drawn Over Bitter HST Attack
President Truman's criticism of General Eisenhower on immigration stirs a national clash over race and religion. Republican leaders and Bernard Baruch back Eisenhower while a Democratic congressman and Jewish leaders support Truman. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver condemned Truman's remark after visiting Eisenhower.
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New York
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard Baruch
Eisenhower
Abba Hillel Silver
Cleveland
Puppet label ends drive against American Communist party
A two member panel of the Subversive Activities Control Board, after more than 14 months of testimony, called the American Communist party a puppet of the Soviet Union. The panel urged the party to register with the attorney general, list officers and members, and provide a financial account. This began the first in a nationwide effort to force registration.
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Washington
Subversive Activities Control Board
American Communist Party
Soviet Union
United States
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Sen. Bricker
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Clark
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Pt. Pleasant
Ike
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Chauney
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Glouster
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Acon
Tn Logan
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
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