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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1950
Page
1
Washington AP reports the compromise economic controls bill is set for final congressional approval today. Key provisions outline price and wage controls and emergency powers for the administration.
Sir Gladwyn Jebb begins presidency of the United Nations Security Council in Lake Success with plans to seat South Korea and oppose North Korea’s envoy. The U.S. seeks to confront China and North Korea over charges of aggression in Formosa and Manchuria while considering wage price controls and broader emergency powers.
North Korean forces launched a large offensive along a 55 mile front from the Nakton River to the sea, with a heavy push against Haman and Yongsan. U S tanks and infantry recaptured Haman and held ridges west of the town as Second and 25th Divisions countered with air and artillery support.
Two prisoners escaped by squeezing through a barbed window at the federal prison in Leavenworth Kansas but were recaptured within an hour. Identified as Joseph F. Moses, 323 Cleveland Ohio, and Vernon How Byers, 26 Pequot Lakes Minnesota. Moses was sentenced in 1940 to 25 years for post office assault and armed robbery.
CIO UAW Local 927 members at the Columbus Curtiss-Wright plant voted to accept a wage increase of 10 cents an hour ending a strike threat.
Lansing Michigan reports the personal estate of the late R E Olds founder of Olds Motor Works and Reo Motor Company is unofficially set at 4 5 million dollars He died recently at age 86 with probate not yet filed. Most likely will benefit his widow and Ransom Fidelity Corp, his foundation, after provision. Total wealth estimated around 60 million with holdings already divided between daughters Gladys Olds Anderson and C S Rowe.
Springfield case involves an ailing two year old boy missing since last Sunday. The abductor was offered immunity from prosecution if the child is returned unharmed today, on the urging of the boy’s family. State's Attorney George P. Coutrakon stated the offer was made.
The Coast Guard ship Eastwind on a summer Arctic supply run pushed to within 445 nautical miles of the north pole. The State Department announced this may be the western hemisphere’s farthest point reached by a vessel under its own power.
Quadruplets were born to Mrs. Lau Tai-Ki, a vegetable hawker and wife of a coolie, in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The mother and the four babies were reported healthy and well today.
New York reports Columbia University said yesterday that Stanley P Barnett managing editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer will help select the 1951 Pulitzer prizes in journalism. Barnett is named along with other editors to judge the journalism awards. The announcement marks Columbia's participation in the prize process.
About 3500 workers walk out at Babcock and Wilcox in Barberton over pay. AFL union demands a 13 cent hourly raise, company counters with six cents offer.
Taft urges a pay as you go financing plan for the Korean campaign with a $60 billion cap. He warns price controls if expenditures rise and notes heavy taxation may be needed but essential to prevent inflation. He spoke after a National Federation of Republican Women convention as CIO workers protested his visit in Youngstown Ohio.
The autumn season begins officially at 4 44 a m Eastern on September 23 per University of Cincinnati astronomy professor Everett I Yowell in his monthly report. He notes a total solar eclipse on September 12 and a total lunar eclipse on September 25.
In Tokyo Bay on the battleship Missouri the formal surrender of Japan was officiated by General Douglas MacArthur. Allied and Japanese officers gathered on the admiral’s deck as planes passed overhead. MacArthur addressed the assembled troops and offered a prayer for lasting world peace.
Cleveland police report a holdup man Julius Caesar Smith 21 shot and killed by his own gun during a pursuit at Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street. Smith, an Mansfield State Reformatory fugitive sentenced 10 to 25 years for taxi robbery, escaped June 20. A stray bullet wounded bus passenger William H Logan 46 as the pistol discharged. Police officer John Teeter aided the suspect while four drug store employees were robbed of 102 dollars nearby.
The Navy says the Curtiss-Wright Columbus plant will stay in operation after March 1, with negotiations to shift its use to other aircraft producers. Rear Admiral Pride stated the Navy does not plan to inactivate the plant and to continue production elsewhere.
Miami University conferred bachelor and master degrees on 243 summer graduates. Honorary degrees were given to Dr. Charles Ray Wilson, head of Colgate University History Department, and Dr. Roy Temple House, head of the Modern Language Department at the University of Oklahoma.
The Ohio Program Commission highway study committee urged restoring about 5000 miles of state highways to county control. The roads, taken over during Gov. Martin L. Davey’s administration, impose a heavy maintenance burden on the state.
There will be no Messenger Monday publication due to the Labor Day holiday.
Washington reports a surge in jobs as employment rises 1,153,000 in August to a record 62,367,000. Nonfarm payrolls climb 1,433,000 with factory hiring driving the gain while farm work falls 160,000. Unemployment falls 713,000 to 2,500,000, the lowest since 1949.
Congress approved the GI family allowances bill paving the way for drafting fathers up to age 26. Selective Service predicted married men with dependents would be inducted soon to meet quotas, with the government funding most of the family allowances.
A U S Far East Air Forces spokesman said no American planes crossed the Manchurian border amid Communist charges. MacArthur said the United Nations can meet the peace challenge, condemning imperialist militarism. Clinton Prison inmates donated blood for wounded Korea fighters, while North Korea reported an allied landing was repulsed at Kunsan Bay. Syngman Rhee said South Koreans would be conscripted, and a second major Communist offensive to support the west wall remains possible with forces near Waegwan.
President Truman will speak at 9 p.m. (EST) from the White House in a radio and TV address described as a report to the people. He will say the United States had no alternative but to send troops to Korea to stem the spread of Communism and protect world peace.
The forecast calls for average highs around 78 and lows near 58 with a cool Saturday. Temperatures rise by Monday then ease again by Wednesday. Expect about half an inch of precipitation as showers tonight and early Saturday and again Tuesday and Wednesday.
East Germany announced a sharp purge within the Socialist Unity Party removing six members including a former Politburo member and four government officials. The party paper cited ties to American spies and anti-Russian sentiment as reasons, with more expulsions anticipated.
Washington lawmakers gave a cold reception to a proposal to move vital federal agencies 10 to 50 miles from the capital as a war precaution. The plan carries an estimated 500 million dollar price tag, with critics saying funds could better protect the core city.
A Pan American Airways flight carrying 62 people was forced to turn back over the Atlantic due to engine trouble. The aircraft had four hours aloft when a second engine failed, and one passenger was Mrs. Lewis Douglas wife of the U S Ambassador to Britain.
Trans World Airline officials report the bodies of all 55 victims found after a Libyan Desert crash of the Star of Maryland. Twenty three victims were Americans as investigators open a formal inquiry into the devastating four-engine liner collision.
Forty entrants from eighteen states joined the world plowing competition in Urbana on September 12 and 13, officials announced yesterday.
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