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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1952
Page
1
In Philadelphia Eisenhower launched a peace campaign telling 17,500 at Convention Hall that world peace requires rooting out incompetents in Washington. He urged a sweeping national wave to unseat defeatists and false prophets and restore action and resolve for America.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower unveils a ten point peace program including trust in government and unwavering UN support. He campaigns westward from Philadelphia to Chicago with stops in Illinois Minnesota Ohio and Indiana. He denounces the current administration and ties the campaign to a strong peacetime policy while stressing peaceful means and allied unity.
Washington reports Fritz Kreisler and his wife settled 1944 tax claims of 1 384 513 for 300 000. Officials cited age of case complex proof and stock market losses. Kreisler said he relied on advisers and knew nothing of business affairs while his wife quipped he can only fiddle, fiddle, fiddle.
Ocean City Md Senator O Conor who has criticized the Truman administration says he will back Adlai Stevenson for president. He is retiring after one term and said he wants to speak freely about proposals like socialization of medicine education and public utilities.
FBI searches for James H Kinsey after a $36 500 shortage is found in the Boys Club of Washington accounts. Kinsey, 53, described as a milquetoast by a club official, reportedly has a criminal record and faces an interstate transport of stolen property charge.
An assistant Ohio attorney general testified at a Washington hearing that Ohio cities can use all the gas Texas-Ohio Gas Co. would deliver. The company seeks a 1406 mile Texas to Lancaster pipeline asserting a daily delivery of 480 million cubic feet of gas. Reserve Natural Gas Co. of Cincinnati said it is ready to buy and distribute all the gas.
Forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal through Wednesday. Highs 78 to 82, lows 58 to 59, warmer Saturday through Wednesday with cooler trend in the north Monday. Little or no rain expected.
Washington report shows civilian payroll for 12 months ending June 30 rising to 9.541 billion dollars, up 24 percent from the prior year. July totals list 2,599,122 civilian workers, with most gains in the military establishment.
A presidential arbitration panel delivered a wage dispute report to the Wage Stabilization Board over North American Aviation and the CIO Auto Workers Union. The panel reportedly proposed a 10 cent per hour raise for about 25 000 workers, with the union seeking 25 cents. If approved by the WSB, the recommendations could take effect after prior agreement to abide by panel proposals. The board will decide next Monday.
CHILLICOTHE TM Airman 3C Leodra G Grisson 21 of Davie Tennessee died when the car he rode in collided with a truck on U S Route 23 near Chillicothe He was stationed at Lockbourne Air Base Columbus.
Zanesville police report two more fugitives jailed, boosting local manhunt figures. The arrests follow earlier apprehensions as authorities emphasized ongoing efforts to clear the jail escape cases.
Zanesville police nabbed two escapees from Athens County jail, Zeke Holbert 22 and Ray Slaughter 25, while they slept in Holbert’s home at 5:30 a.m. They had fled after stealing Fred Smith of Chesterhill’s car and a shotgun. Sheriff Bateman said another escapee, Ray Taylor, 40, remains at large. Jesse Jennings, 25, was captured earlier.
President Truman names Henry H. Fowler a Washington Virginia attorney to direct the Office of Defense Mobilization. Fowler will move from defense production chief and will run the agency with possible merger into ODM. John R. Steelman has been acting in the interim. Fowler starts Monday.
Rome reports the death of Count Carlo Sforza a longtime liberal and anti Fascist diplomat. The veteran statesman and cabinet member died after a yearlong illness in a Rome clinic just before his 79th birthday. Premier De Gasperi and other leaders will attend the funeral.
Ohio University psychologist Dr. H. C. Lehman told the APA that big incomes tend to peak after 80, with leadership roles reaching prominence from ages 60 to 74. He noted creative work often peaks in the thirties or forties and that presidents prime at 50 to 54.
Springfield reports Gov Adlai Stevenson plans a nine state nine day West campaign. He will reply to Republican charges and defend his program as Eisenhower wins the South. Smathers urged Florida stop and Stevenson. A West trip watches Eisenhower broadcast.
Cleveland police issued a warrant for 23 year old James Gray, ex truck driver, for shooting two city officers and an Internal Revenue Bureau investigator. Gray, twin of Joseph Gray, is described as unstable and violent toward police. he remains at large.
A check for 99 103 78 is missing in the U S postal system. It was mailed to the town July 23 by the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, representing net proceeds of a 100 000 town sewer bond issue. The Town Council halted efforts and authorized a bond indemnity to send a new check.
In Sandusky a New York Central express train struck an automobile on Thursday, killing Mrs. Clara Webb Jones, age 27. The fatal collision halted traffic as authorities investigated the crash and identified the victims.
Caudle former head of the criminal and tax prosecutions to testify before a judiciary committee’s inquiry into the Justice Department. He promised full cooperation after being dismissed by President Truman for outside activities. The inquiry includes figures like J Howard McGrath and Peyton Ford.
Two juvenile escapees from the Moundsville state penitentiary were captured after a manhunt in Mason and Cabell Counties. William Edgar Jenkins was arrested at 11:30 a.m. after police spotted the trio in a stolen car in West Huntington. Police shot over the fugitive to stop him. Jenkins surrendered, while Mervin Eugene Carter and Harry Christian fled on foot and were later caught at a service station on West Sixth Avenue.
Augusta K. Bedlion, 81, longtime Marietta Times feature writer and river historian, noted as Ohio’s oldest active newspaperwoman, died today in Marietta after a career with the paper beginning February 14, 1924.
GRAYSON Kentucky jury convicts Bill Hall, 31, formerly of Mansfield Ohio, of murder in the shotgun slaying of Alfred Lawhan, 59, on January 11 of last year. Judge Joan Keck imposes life imprisonment after the verdict. State Police Detective Arch Thompson said the men argued over 11 gallons of moonshine and 41 dollars.
The Journal of the American Medical Association urges research on television's impact on children and calls for voluntary industry action to avoid harmful programming. It cites a TV Magazine Los Angeles survey reporting 852 major crime incidents in one week, most on programs for children.
In Clermont County Ohio police detained widow Davie Blanche Dean her son Carl G Myers Jr 21 and Clyde Bryant 44 for questioning in the death of Hawkins Dean 68 a Owensville farmer. Autopsy found arsenic traces and the will naming Davie Myers plus a marriage to Davie Myers shed light on the case.
Atlantic City reports ahead of finals as preliminaries crown top contestants Neva Jane Hoppe of Chicago and Neva Jane Ace of Macon lead with dark brunette hair while light haired competitors race to the last preliminary night before Saturday’s final judging.
The opening football game between Wahama and Huntington Vinson has been shifted to Middleport Stadium per Falcon coach Ralph Sayre due to unfinished reconditioning at Bachtel Stadium.
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