Communist Party Closes Doors in Many States Over Funds
A nationwide AP survey finds the Communist Party shuttering many state branches and curtailing activity elsewhere as FBI reports suggest an underground existence. Leaders blame pressure, violence, and ordinances for halting meetings and rent. Membership drops from 52,000 to 37,000. centers in New York and Boston move to smaller spaces.
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Communist Party
FBI
National Communist Headquarters
J. Edgar Hoover
New York City
Boston
Associated Press
South
Cleveland
Ohio's Famous Division Called to Active Service
The 37th Infantry Division of the Ohio National Guard will enter active federal service on January 15, 1952. About 10,000 guardsmen from 116 units in 56 Ohio communities are affected. The division may be sent to Camp Polk in Louisiana for training, with prior units bases in Cleveland Ashtabula Cincinnati Toledo and Dayton areas.
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Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Army
Bender
Ohio
Bricker
Camp Polk
Frank J.lausche
Britain Squeezing Iranians Through Economic Wringer
Tehran reports Iran faces tightening economic pressure as Britain imposes new curbs on oil sales and sterling use. Premier Mossadegh seeks U S mediation after stalled talks on AIOC control, with December elections looming and oil revenue in jeopardy.
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Tehran
Iran
Tax Group Completes New Draft Tax Hike Plan
The Senate Finance Committee finished drafting a major tax increase bill after trimming about one-fifth from the House version. It aims to raise roughly $5.9 billion in annual revenue, mainly from personal income tax and corporate taxes, with revisions on brackets and timing possibly shifting the impact. The committee begins final drafting and reports changes, with floor action expected next week and a potential Senate House conference thereafter.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
McFarland
Dariz
Senate House
Senate Group
Finance Committee
UMW Pickets Gather At Roseville Mine
In Zanesville a United Mine Workers line blocked Banks Coal Company mine traffic south of Roseville. Fifty workers picketed without violence as deputies watched. District Six organizer Walter Kovaleski said the action aimed to unionize the mine. operator Wayne Banks planned to seek a court injunction limiting pickets.
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Zanesville
United Mine Workers
Banks Coal Company
Roseville
UMW
Walter Kovaleski
District Six
Wayne Banks
OPS Enters Gas Hearing Seeks to Intervene in Rate Rise
The Office of Price Stabilization asked to present views to the Federal Power Commission on a proposed 16 percent natural gas rate increase by Hope Natural Gas Co. This could affect more than 1,000,000 consumers across Ohio Pennsylvania New York and West Virginia. OPS argues the rise could be passed along by public utilities to their customers.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Federal Power Commission
Ohio
Pennseylvania
New York
West Virginia
OPS
The
Hope Natural Gas Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
Hope
Ohio Cities Will Meet For Air Service Battle
Representatives of about six Ohio cities will meet in Columbus to plan steps in a fight for local air service. Backed by the Ohio Aviation Board they oppose a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner’s recommendation that would bar focal air service for an indefinite period. Examiner R Vernon Radcliffe made the recommendation in a February Washington hearing. Springfield New Philadelphia Dover Sandusky and East Liverpool would be denied air passenger or mail service.
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Columbus
Ohio Iities
Ohio Aviation Board
Civil Aeronautics Board
R. Vernon Radcliffe
Washington
Ohio
Springfield
New Philadelphia-Dover
Sandusky
East Liverpool
Italian Premier Here Calls Cabinet Meeting
Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi arrived aboard the Queen Elizabeth and organized an informal cabinet gathering at the Waldorf Astoria. He began a two week U S and Canada visit with talks involving his budget minister, defense minister, foreign trade minister, and the armed forces chief of staff, before three day discussions with President Truman and Secretary Acheson.
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New York
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Armed Forces
United States
Canada
Truman
Acheson
Bowles Nominated Ambassador to India
President nominates Chester Bowles former Connecticut governor and WWII price administrator for the ambassadorship to India. Bowles has held key posts in public service and diplomacy with a track record at home and abroad.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Price Boss
India
UN Awaits Red Reply On Strafing In Korea
The UN weighs whether the Red response to an Allied apology for strafing the Kaesong neutral zone will accept the explanation or demand answers to other charges. In Korea, Eighth Army reports new Soviet-backed pressure as western areas stay quiet and Gen. Van Fleet urges renewed offensives to force a peace before winter.
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Tokyo
Korea
Kaesong
U. 8
Eighth Army
United National
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Reds
East
Old
Sea of Japan
Coas
35Th Infantry Division
Kumhwa
Missing star witness in graft trial eludes police
New York authorities report star witness Harry Gross fled while under guard in a high profile graft trial involving 18 police officers and associates. District Attorney Miles F. McDonald said Gross received threatening letters to his wife and children before escaping custody. Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz presided as the case proceeded in his courtroom.
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New York
Harry Gross
Miles F. McDonald
Gross
Oefone
Syndicate
Esterday
cDonald
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Auoean
Long Island
Kesterson Quizzed Again In Wife's Death
Elmer Kesterson, 46, was again questioned at the courthouse in the May 24 killing of Ora Mae Kesterson. Sheriff Bateman, Prosecuting Attorney Shumaker, and officers pressed for details while noting new evidence. Kesterson previously faced investigation and underwent a lie detector test.
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Ora Mae Kesterson
Elmer
Doggie) Kesterson
Kesterson
George Bateman
Bateman
James F. Shumaker
Joseph B. Grogan
Joe McBride
Grogan
McBride
Columbus
Ray E. Hughes
Dayton
Gee
New Weapon Put in Use By John L Lewis
LEXINGTON Ky 4 Speculation arose over whether John L Lewis and his United Mine Workers have a new weapon to force employers without Taft Hartley help. The UMW filed a 2,000,000 damage suit in U S District Court against Kentucky coal firms and county officials alleging a reign of terror. Defendants include Clay and Leslie Counties officials sheriff's deputies and coal company officers. The suit says efforts to bargain and organize non union miners were interfered with by operators.
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Lexington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Taft- Hartley
U. S. District Court
Kentucky
Atime
Clay
Coal Company
UMW
Leslie
Revised October draft quotas announced by state selective service
Columbus state selective service headquarters raised the October induction call from 3061 to 3436 by national order. The Aug 23 issued original quota lists counties with Athens 23, Gallia 13, Hocking 10, Meigs 11, Vinton 9 for those born before February 1 1932 unless volunteering.
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Columbus
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Snow and heat drive mixed U.S. weather patterns
The nation's weather swung between heat and snow today. Warm humid conditions dominated the eastern half, while snow mixed with rain fell in eastern Wyoming and Colorado. Cool air spread from the Northwest into Utah, Colorado, and Minnesota, with continued heat in the Southwest.
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Chicago
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Bleiny
Minnesota
4-H Delegates Sit In Mock Session In Ohio House
Columbus report delegates to the 34th Congress of Ohio 4-H Clubs will sit in a mock session in the Ohio House of Representatives this afternoon. Two sessions are planned to consider a bill for the pasteurization of milk and certain milk products.
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Columbus
Congress of Ohio
Ohio House of Representatives
Former Georgia slave dies aged 112 in Cincinnati report
Cincinnati dispatch says Boston Martin, a former Georgia slave who claimed a 1839 birth in Talliaferro County near Washington, died after ailing for some time. His son Boston Jr., 68, reported the elder man moved from Georgia and farmed there until about 1920.
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Cincinnati
Boston Martin
Georgia
Boston, Jr
Martin
Talliaferro County
Washington, Ga
George C. Marshall resigns as defense secretary
Washington reports that General George C. Marshall resigns from the post after 11 months in office for personal reasons. Robert A. Lovett will succeed him as deputy secretary, with William C. Foster and Richard M. Bissell Jr. assuming related roles in the administration and the Marshall Plan agency.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Marshall
Army
William C. Foster
Lovett
Richard M. Bissell, Jr
ECA
Foster
Marshall Plan Agency
Defense Department
Stephen T. Early
Brown Brothers
Harriman
Big Three Move Toward Western Germany Partnership
The Big Three foreign ministers shift from preliminary talks to a broad strategy on containing Soviet pressure and forging West Germany into a Western-aligned partner. A draft plan seeks to end allied control, grant Bonn near sovereignty, allow defense forces, and align Germany with Eisenhower's Atlantic Pact while keeping Berlin under four-power occupation.
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Washington
Herbert Morrison
Robert Shuman
Acheson
Morrison
Shuman
Middle East
Germany
West Geremany
Bonn
West Germany
Western Germany
D. Eisenhower
Berlin
East Germany
Japan
France
Dochina
GOP Ohioans Make Plans For Campaign
Columbus Ray Bliss state Republican chairman travels to Washington to confer with Ohio Republicans in Congress ahead of the 1952 campaign. He will lunch with the Ohio delegation and hold a session with Senators Taft and Bricker to learn if Taft will head the delegation as the favorite son candidate. Ohio delegates are pledged to a favorite son first choice, then free to switch with written consent per Ohio law.
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Columbus
Ray Bliss
Washington
Ohio
Congress
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Bliss
Taft
Voting Probe Looks at Ads in Ohio Senate Race
Investigators will study institutional advertising used in last year’s Ohio senatorial election. Chief counsel John T. Moore said probes will go beyond filed expense statements to determine total campaign spending in the contest where Robert A. Taft defeated Democrat Joseph T. Ferguson.
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Washington
Ohio
John T. Moore
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
State Highway Dept Using Plotting Plane in Ohio turnpike study
The State Highway Department has increased use of its airplane to plot routes for a proposed 300 million dollar turnpike across northern Ohio. Director T. J. Kauer said the aerial surveys provide essential mapping for the project and improved road planning.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
T. J. Kauer
Public Schools Train Children With Speech Defects
Columbus report states Ohio public schools aided by special training for speech and hearing defects. State director J Hissong said last year 948 percent trained, 3152 corrected, 3881 improved, and 4864 received training and support.
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Columbus
Ohio
J | Hissong
Czechs Pose Problem At World Bank Meeting
Washington reports the Czechoslovakia the lone Soviet bloc nation at the World Bank and IMF faced two issues. The bank and governors group would consider overdue payments of 625000 dollars and a Czech protest over U S trade and currency restrictions tied to China during the Korean war. The effort appeared unlikely to progress.
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World Bank
Washington
Slovakia
World Monetary Fund
United States
Bank and Board of Governors
Czechoslovakia
U. S
China
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