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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1950

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U N Receives Achesons Plan Against Aggression

US Secretary of State Dean Acheson presented a four point UN plan to empower the General Assembly to act against aggression. The agenda includes a veto free assembly, a roving observing commission, national armed units under UN guidance, and study of further actions while the Soviet Union pushes a rival three point plan.

U. N Acheson NEW York Dean Acheson Joay United Nations General Assembly ARVP Bek Ceerr Trence Acheson John Foster Dulles Dulles Assembly Russia Andrei Y. Vishinsky United States General Assembly Security Council Soviet Union U.N. Commis

Marines Enter Seoul Amid Mysterious Tank Column From Manchuria

AP dispatches report American marines penetrating northwest Seoul via the Han River crossing as a 40-tank Red column from Antung in Manchuria advances toward the capital. General MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Shepherd caution it may take a week for securing the city.

Aeara Seoul Han River 10Th Corps Inchon Douglas MacArthur Han United Nations Tokyo Yellow Sea Lemuel C. Shepherd Pacific Fleet Marine Forces Shepherd MacArthur Constellation Scap Honolulu Russell Brines Brines Red China Antung Manchuria

North Korean Column Near Seoul Sparks Allied Push

U S Seventh Division advances along roads by rice paddies as North Korean units reportedly move toward Seoul within 30 air miles. Reds withdraws and many seek surrender while harvest season shapes allied tempo and supply lines as Marines push from the Han to Seoul.

Congress Set to Recess After Thanksgiving Week

Congress plans a Saturday night recess through Nov. 27 after approving the communist control bill 312 to 20 in the House and 51 to 7 in the Senate. A $4.7 billion tax hike and a $17 billion emergency defense bill loom, with a clash over an amendment restricting aid to arms sellers to communists. President Truman is expected to sign or veto these measures.

Washington Congress Truman White House Senate House Lucas Illinois Mr. Truman Senate House

Marshall Starts Duties Today as Defense Secretary

Washington- UP Gen George C Marshall begins duty as the nation's third defense secretary in three years and four days. He is 69 and previously secretary of state. No oath time set, he requested a brief ceremony. Senate confirmed Marshall by 57 to 11, after approval by House and president of civilian appointment.

Washington George C. Marshall State Marshall Louis Johnson Senate House President

Tariff Experts Set for International Conference in Torquay

A nine member U S delegation armed with five tons of papers heads to Torquay England for an international tariff cutting conference starting September 28. Assistant Secretary of State Willard L Thorp leads the vanguard sailing from New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth.

Washington United States Torquay England Willard L. Thorp New York

End of 37 Day Strike At Columbia Cement Plant

Workers at the Columbia Cement Division of Pittsburgh Plate Glass in East Fultonham ended a 37 day strike by accepting a new two year contract that provides a five cent per hour wage increase.

Zanesville Columbia Cement Division Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co East Fultonham

Want Ads Promote Quick Results in Local Paper

Scotty Reid praises Want Ad effectiveness. A 40¢ ad secures a cash buyer for a nearly new Kroehler living room suite at 3% price near Hocking Street and phone 21952. The column promises fast, inexpensive disposition of unwanted items and reaching targeted buyers.

Scotty Reid Mr. Reid Kroehler Hocking St

Estate of Samuel S Fels Valued at About 10 Million

Philadelphia reports industrialist Samuel S Fels left an estate estimated at roughly 10 million dollars. He died June 23 at age 90, leaving a tax payment of 950000 on an 1 million tax after a five percent early payment discount. Fels, president of the Fels Naptha Soap Co, funded the Franklin Institute planetarium and the Antioch College child study laboratory.

Philadelphia Samuel S. Fels Fels Fels- Naptha Soap Co Franklin Institute Antioch College

Marooned Flyers Prepare Ski Descent

Six men and a girl marooned seven days atop a 6000 foot Icelandic glacier planned a ski and jeep descent as a U S army plane sent to rescue them crashed during takeoff. No injuries were reported though the aircraft suffered a damaged rudder and wingtip.

Reykjavik Iceland Skymaster

Post Office May Make Further Cuts

Senator Humphrey says the Post Office may curtail services further instead of restoring spring delivery cutbacks. He notes the department will absorb part of the 550 million dollar non defense spending cut approved by Congress in the 35 billion dollar appropriation bill.

Washington Humphrey D-Minn Post Office Department Congress

Playwright George Bernard Shaw undergoes second major operation

Luton England report says the noted dramatist George Bernard Shaw was admitted for a second major operation today. Medical details were not disclosed.

Luton England George Bernard Shaw

Colony Club Folds Charter in Ohio Town

The Colony Club at Cheasapeake in Lawrence County has given up its charter ending its operations in the town. The move leaves the club without formal organization and prompts local reaction as residents reassess community social ties.

Colony Club Columbus Cheasapeake Lawrence County

Town Seeks Whistler Threatens Bride in Paradise

In Paradise Louisiana a phantom whistler alarms an 18 year old bride to be Jacquelyn Catlow as sheriff deputies guard her home. State police say the prankster theory fits and investigations focus on threats tied to her October 1 wedding to state trooper Herbert Belsom.

Paradise Bayou Jacquelyn Catlow Herbert Belsom New Orleans Jacquelyn Vincent B. Eberer Clifford Catlow Herbert

Firing Squad Executes South Korean Colonel

Col. Choi Chang Sik, former chief of the army engineer corps, was executed by firing squad after a court martial found him negligent for ordering the dynamiting of a Han River bridge south of Seoul on June 28. The blast cut a retreat route and caused heavy losses of life and materiel.

South Korea Choi Chang Sik Army Engineer Corps Yang Chung Soo Republic of Korea Choi Han River Seoul

Rep Weichel Busy on GI Bill Probe and South Amboy Blast

Washington reports Rep. Weichel plans a busy period before Congress adjourns. He was named to a nine man House committee probing abuses in the GI Bill education program and sits on a merchant marine subcommittee examining May’s explosion at South Amboy New Jersey. He notes land mines aboard barges were shipped from Newark and may visit the site as counsel gathers details. He also runs reelection campaigns.

Washington Congress Weichel Robio House Merchant Marine South Amboy N. J

Two Personal Crisis Reports Take Place In Akron

Akron reports two suicides in separate incidents. Betty Sheets 17 a former South High student council member died by self poisoning after quarrel with her boyfriend Richard Norwood a South High football player. Mary Vaughn 24 drank poison in an upstairs room while husband William with their infant downstairs.

Akron C. I. Martin Betty Sheets South High School Richard Norwood South High Mary Vaughn William Bruce

Rep Huber Urges Truman Veto Of Anti-Subversive Bill

Representative Huber of Ohio said he will urge President Truman to veto the anti-subversive bill sent to him yesterday.

Washington Huber Ohio Truman

Super Speed Cargo Ships Planned to Outpace Submarines

Federal maritime officials study a program to build submarine resistant cargo ships able to outrun subs and dodge torpedoes. The plan envisions a sizeable initial fleet, with possible defense features like a deck mounted helicopter for scouting and depth charging.

Washington Maritime Administration

Taft Aids Reds Claims By Harriman Attack

President Truman said he subscribes to W Averell Harriman's charge that Senator Taft's actions further Kremlin designs. He cited Harriman's AFL Houston speech and declined to name any Democratic senator with a comparable record.

Washington Truman W. Averell Harriman Taft Kremlin Harriman Ohio American Federation of Labor Houston Tex

New Car Prices Moving Upward

The 1951 model car market shows a definite upward trend. Nash announced price increases today from 29 to 98 dollars. Kaiser-Frazer added 10 to 120 dollars to their retail bills, and Packard raised prices on low and medium models while promising higher priced cars would cost less once in production.

Detroit Nash Kaiser-Frazer Packard

Man Held on Assault Charge as Wife Provokes Bigamy Question

Howard Lemanski, 54, a machinist, faced assault and battery charges in Cuyahoga County Municipal Court. When a woman claiming to be his wife, Mary Lemanski, 54, stood in court, Judge Louis Petrash ordered a $1000 bond to await possible bigamy charges.

Cleveland Howard Lemanski Cuyahoga County Juanita Lemanski Mary Louis Petrash

War Briefs from Incheon to Washington in Korea Update

Reports from INCHON and Seoul describe anti aircraft fire near a wrecked Han River bridge and traffic moving south from Pyongyang. A 16 year old expectant mother said North Korea forced her to spy for them. UN warplanes set a record of 702 single flights over Korea. The 24th Infantry Division reportedly captured nine red tanks and 20 anti tank guns on the Taegu Waegwan road. About 1000 workers will join Texas plants building Lockheed PV2 Neptune parts. Defense says 223 Korean war casualties were released, with 25 KIA, 164 WIA, 10 missing, 14 in accidents, and total public casualties at 138911 through Sept 15.

Yalu River Seoul North South Korea China Inchon Korea Han River 10Th Army Corps Pyongyang Tokyo MacArthur U. S 24Th Infantry Taegu Waegwan Washington Defense Department Department Kumchon U.S 24Th 13Th Division Lee Hak Ku Hyopchon Naktong River Chogye Kangju Haman Han Yongdongpo Kimpo Red U.S. Ttht Broken Arrow Suwon San

E. W. Peoples Appointed Meigs County Judge

Gov. Lausche appoints Pomeroy attorney E W Peoples as Common Pleas judge to fill the vacancy from the death of Judge Edgar Ervin. He will serve until the November election and the unexpired term ends December 31, 1952. Peoples, a native of Meigs County, previously served as probate judge and city solicitor.

Pomeroy W. Peoples Common Pleas Court Frank J. Lausche Peoples Edgar Ervin Meigs County Bedford Township Charles FE. Peoples Common Pleas Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation Meigs County Farm Loan Association

Reds Pressed into Battle by North Korea Front

U N forces report 14 and 15 year old Red soldiers pressed into frontline duty five days earlier. In Seoul area, about 200 prisoners captured. U S bombers and fighters provide air cover as Marine and infantry units push toward Waegwan and Kumchon. Red forces reportedly surrendering or fleeing with leaflets dropped by U S aircraft.

Volunteers Begin Air Warning Course in Columbus

Volunteers at the Columbus filter center, one of Ohio's two central stations for aircraft warning, start training to receive and relay enemy air alert messages from about half of the state's 582 ground observation posts. The Canton center remains the other hub. Three air force reserve officers Maj. Horace C. Hamlin Capt. James N. Diley and 1st Lt. Jack A. Griffith will lead the Columbus unit.

Columbus Ohio Air Force Canton Air Force Reserve Columbus Center Horace C. Hamlin Lancaster James N. Diley Mechanicsburg Jack A. Griffith Marysville

Runyon Leaves $101,360 Estate in New York

Author Damon Runyon left a net estate of 101,360 dollars, according to an estate tax appraisal.

Runyon New York Damon Runyon

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