Truce Talks Drag On As Charges Fly In Korea
In Munsan on January 24, truce negotiations made little progress amid public spat between United Nations Command and Communist forces. UN radio in Tokyo accused the Reds of stalling and using sick and wounded prisoners as leverage, while Allied raiding parties pause after a six hour exchange near Chorwon leaving 20 enemy killed.
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Munsan
Adm
R. E. Libby
Libby
Chorwon
United Nations
Koesaene
Eighth Army
Navy Chief in Milwaukee Lashes Civilians at Harping Criticism
Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball attacked government workers and critical civilians during a speech to the Navy League Council and Milwaukee Executives Club. He urged accountability and warned that without a truce in Korea the Navy would press the war against the enemy.
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Milwaukee
Secretary of Navy
Dan A. Kimball
Navy League Council
Milwaukee Executives Club
Kimball
Navy
Korea
Kefauver
Truman
Public Speaking Course Teaches Ghost Writing Patterns
American University announced a course to train ghost writers to tailor messages for the individual speaker. The program aims to help writers craft speeches that sound like the person presenting them, offering structured guidance for public communication.
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Washington
American University
Panel Ponders Full Probe of McGrath
The House Judiciary Committee met in secret to consider a full inquiry into Attorney General McGrath amid alleged favoritism in the Justice Department. Rep Keating seeks six to seven specific cases to justify a probe, with support from Rep. Walter who warns against a fishing expedition.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
McGrath
Justice Department
Rep. Keating
RNY
Keating
California
St. Louis
Four Bank Robbers Fall in Mexico Gun Battle
Mexican officials report a daylight raid on a Juarez bank ended in a half hour firefight across the Rio Grande near El Paso. Two bandits were killed and two captured, about 70 000 of 174 000 loot recovered. Leopoldo Rey died later in a Juarez hospital. Police abandoned search for two others as details remain unclear.
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EL Paso
Rio Grande
Juarez
Mexico
Humberto Reynal
Chihuahua
el Paso Times
San Lorenzo
Leopoldo Rey
Yam Nacional de Mexico
Budget Cut Seen Up To 3 Billion By Congress
Senator Humphrey predicted that President Truman's proposed budget would be cut by as much as three billion dollars, possibly more, by Congress. He cited possible reductions in federal education aid expanded public works and foreign aid.
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Charleston
W. Va
Humphrey
D - Minn
Truman
Congress
Italian Plan To Blast U S Harbor Bared
Italian wartime commander J Valerio Borghese says Italy planned a December 1943 submarine attack on New York Harbor. A larger sub would carry a smaller boat up the Hudson to strike the city heart. The plan was halted by Italy’s armistice on September 8 1943.
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Rome
Italy
New York City
J. Valerio Borghese
Roma
New York
Hudson River
Borghese
Iseo Lake
Lombardy
Bordeaux
France
Navy plans new escort carriers to counter Soviet submarines
The Navy requests Congress approve construction of the first 16,000 ton, 600 foot escort carrier of a redesigned type with a higher hangar deck to handle larger anti submarine planes. The plan targets strengthening anti submarine operations against Russia.
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Washington
Jan
Navy
Russia
Congress
County Official Suffered Concussion From Falling Record Book
Hamilton January 24 County Recorder Earl Hogan was treated at Mercy Hospital after a record book fell from a shelf and struck him on the head. He was sent home with three weeks of rest orders.
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Hamilton
Earl Hogan
Mercy Hospital
Wider Federal Mine Safety Rules Backed
Ohio lawmakers representing coal regions say they favor a federal mine safety code though no specific bill is endorsed. Rep. Brehm would grant federal inspectors power to close mines in emergencies while keeping state final say on reopening. The West Frankfort disaster spurred renewed calls for federal oversight.
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Washington
Ohio
Hays
Secrest
Jenkins
Brehm
Truman
Congress
West Frankfort
Hen Lays 73 Eggs In 40 Days In Tokyo Case
Thirteen year old Norio Kaseyama claimed his year old Plymouth Rock hen laid 73 eggs in 40 days. He brought the bird to school after his teacher Mr. Shirakawa doubted the tale and the hen allegedly laid an egg on the way to school and another after arriving.
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Tokyo
Norio Kaseyama
Kaseyama
Shirakawa
Plymouth Rock
PUCO Aide Hears Phone Complaints
Twenty two witnesses for subscribers of the Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co testified at a hearing in Portsmouth before Attorney Examiner Lewis Witherspoon of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. They complained about poor service while company president Richard N. Cole said improvements are being made and rate increases are needed to cover costs. The hearing is part of a series on the company’s bid for higher rates.
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Portsmouth
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Lewis Witherspoon
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Richard N. Cole
Formosa Radar Spots Aircraft
Radar screens on Formosa detected Chinese Communist patrol planes along the coast in recent days. Nationalist officials say the patrol appears defensive and heightened precautions are being taken against a possible attack on Formosa.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
Taft Eisenhower Backers Fight Rocky Mountain Votes
In Colorado Idaho Montana New Mexico Utah and Wyoming Taft and Eisenhower backers wage a bitter GOP split for 80 Rocky Mountain convention votes. Kefauver enters the Democratic race while Truman's plans cloud the scene.
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Taft
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Jan
Eisenhower
Rocky Mountain States
Kefauver
President Truman
Truman
White House
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Logan Receives First Batch of Police Radio Equipment
Hocking County police radios have arrived in Logan with more gear due soon. The main antenna reached the city police station and will sit atop a derrick on Vine Street. Ohio Power and Logan Home Telephone will string lines to the derrick, as remaining transmitters and mobile units are awaited.
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Logan
Hocking County Police Radio
City
Ernest Price
Vine Street
Ohio Power Company
Logan Home Telephone Company
A. J. Waldron
Four year old Gerhard Hoffman Jr to take U S citizenship
In Cleveland on January 24 the four year old will become an American citizen along with 154 others in a naturalization ceremony before Federal Judge Emerich B. Freed. He was adopted by Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard Hoffman, naturalized citizens, after an advertisement in a Swiss newspaper led to his discovery and return to the United States.
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Cleveland
Gerhard Hoffman Jr
Gerhard Hoffman
Gerhard
America
Hoffmans
Light Snow Creates Slippery Hocking County Roads
Light snow about an eighth of an inch left slick highways in Hocking County this morning before a bright sun melted much of it by noon despite subfreezing temps. At 11 am the thermometer stood at 25 degrees, a touch cooler than yesterdays 26 high. Tonight may bring a zero again as forecasters predict zero to 10 above with temperatures rising slowly Friday.
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Hocking County
State
Mercury
Democrat Party Treasurer Quits
Roy J. Turner resigned as national treasurer of the Democratic Party citing his wife’s illness and uncertainty about her recovery, leaving the post open. Turner notified Democratic Chairman Frank E. McKinney of his decision.
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Oklahoma City
Roy J. Turner
Turner
Frank E. McKinney
Gen Sherman's Letters Bought by Ohio Society
The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society acquired Sherman family letters written by General Sherman and his wife to her brother. The letters, found in boxes bought at auction in 1929, passed through several hands before the society purchased them. Some letters bear rare early postage stamps of significant value.
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Columbus
Ellen Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Sherman
Philleman Ewing
Thomas Ewing
U. S
High School Kids Outdo Collegians
Nine teen high school sophomores and juniors who entered Goucher College last fall as a special experiment are making better grades than other Goucher freshmen who had finished high school. The experimental students aged 15 to 16 and a half have adjusted socially and emotionally to college life. Dr. William C. Budd, assistant professor of education and child development, reported. The Ford Foundation funded project aims to test if exceptional students can skip a year or two of high school and adapt to college academically and psychologically.
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Baltimore
Goucher College
Goucher
William C. Budd
Ford Foundation
Budd
Six Die in Fresno Auto Wreck at Grade Crossing
Six people were killed when their car was struck by a railway engine at a grade crossing north of Fresno California on a Wednesday night Highway Patrol identified the deceased as Julio Sabala 52 of Herndon California Victoria 27 his wife Julio Jr 9 David 5 their sons Raymond Agular 19 a relative and Emily Agular 17 his sister all named in official reports.
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Fresno
Calif
Here
Julio Sabala
Herndon
Victoria
Julio Jr
David
Raymond Agular
Emily Agular
Mike DiSalle Plans Senate Campaign Run
Michael DiSalle says he intends to resign his price stabilization post around mid February and return to Ohio to open his campaign for a U S Senate seat.
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Washington
Michael DiSalle
Ohio
U. S. Senate
French Warn Tunis Bey as Rioting Kills Dozens
In Tunisia ten days of unrest leave at least 44 Tunisians and six French dead while Arab nationalists press for independence. French Resident General Jean de Hauteclocque warns the Bey Sidi Mohamed Al Amin to restore order or face stronger measures as reinforcements surge into Sousse Sfax and Moknine.
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Tunis
Jean de Hauteclocque
Tunisia
France
Sidi Mohamed al Amin
Moknine
Sousse
Elan
Sfax
Norbert Durand
Curb On Troop Use Is Urged
President would face impeachment under a new bill if he sends American armed forces into conflict abroad without congressional authority. The exception is when American lives are in danger. Rep Berg of South Dakota says Congress must warn the President he would trigger impeachment if he steers the nation toward another Korean style war without a declaration or policy.
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Washington
Rep
Berg
R-Sd
Congress
Kingston Firm Faces Action Over Government Grain
The Department of Agriculture seeks $110,000 from Kingston Farmers Exchange of Kingston Ohio for wheat stored under the government price support program. This marks the 13th storage firm targeted in recent months as part of the government’s action.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Kingston Farmers Exchange
Kingston
Car Driver Loses License For Life
Canton judge revokes fate Jones license for life after convicting him of driving with a revoked license and driving with bad brakes. Jones receives 60 days in jail and a $225 fine plus costs.
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Canton
Fate Jones
Donald McCarroll
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