Germ warfare claims swirl as Ridgway denounces Red lies
MUNSAN March 11 Gen. Matthew Ridgway accused Communist negotiators of spreading false germ warfare stories to derail armistice talks. He said such claims are entirely false and may mask Red attempts to hide epidemics or plan germ warfare themselves. Admiral Libby also rebutted North Korean charges of fabricated Allied deceits during brief truce talks.
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Munsan
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
R. E. Libby
Lee
Libby
Russia
Government Plea Given Court's Nod
A federal judge ordered three rail unions to end their strike on the New York Central lines west of Buffalo and the St. Louis Terminal, hearing set for March 19 on a permanent injunction. About 6,000 on strike and 25,000 NYC workers laid off. strikes threaten coal shifts and regional freight.
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Cleveland
Emerick B. Freed
New York Central
Buffalo
St. Louis
Freed
Justice Department
Army
Brotherhood of Railroad Tranmen
U. S
Chicago
Washington
Ham and Eggs Auction Prices Reported at Show
In Charleston West Virginia on March 11 prices at the Future Farmers of America 13th annual Ham Bacon and Egg Show noted ham at 38 dollars a pound and eggs at 76 dollars a dozen.
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Charleston
W .Va
Future Farmers of America
Eisenhower for President Group Formed in Ohio
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown announced a new non-profit group in Toledo formed by six residents to promote the election of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as President. The charter was granted for the COMUMEYS corporation dated March 11.
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Comumeys
Ohio
Ted W. Brown
Toledo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vet Actor Dies
Frederick K. Schilling 76 former actor and vaudevillian credited with introducing the song Sweet Adeline has died in Santa Barbara on March 10.
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Santa Barbara
Frederick K. Schilling
Adeline
Test Cores Drilled At Lake Logan Dam Spillway
Test cores were drilled at the Lake Logan dam site as part of an engineering survey to assess rebuilding needs for the dam and spillway. Vogt Ivers Seaman & Associates hold the contract for sub surface analysis and plan preparation to enable bidding on Lake Logan project work.
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Lake Logan
Cincinnati
Vogt, Ivers, Seaman & Associates
William Shufelt
Department of Natural Resources
Shufelt
Red Supply Base Blasted Into Ruins
Seoul March 11 American jet pilots leveled a camouflaged Red supply base near Sunmak 30 miles northwest of Panmunjom in the Korean War’s most intense raid. Flames covered four square miles as 250 sorties enveloped the depot. U S Sabrejets claimed three MiGs downed, eight others damaged, while F 80s attacked the western depot. Ground action along the front paused with minor patrol clashes. a briefing officer noted Reds failed any probing attack Monday.
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Seoul
Manchuria
Sunmak
Panmunjom
U. S
U.S. Eighth Army
Dividend payments rise in January to 505 million
Washington March 11. Dividend payments in January totaled about 505 million dollars, up two percent from 494 million dollars paid in January last year, according to the Commerce Department report.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Batista Seizes Cuba and Promises Clean Government
Fulgencio Batista, backed by the army, ousted President Carlos Pio Socorras and took control of Havana. He pledged to clean up government corruption and proposed elections after a cabinet overhaul, with talks of possibly becoming prime minister. Socorras sought asylum in the Mexican embassy.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Carlos Piio Socarras
Cuba
Caribbean
Pino
Mexico
Formal Summons To Eisenhower To Testify On Foreign Aid
Sen McMahon formally asked that Gen Eisenhower be called home this month to testify on the new $7.9 billion foreign aid program. The motion was in a closed Foreign Relations panel, decision delayed due to few members present. Eisenhower has said he would accept the Republican nomination but would not campaign.
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Washington
Sen
McMahon
D-Conn
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Rains Boost Streams Near Flood Stage in Hocking County
Heavy rains in Hocking County raised streams toward flood levels with Rush Creek overflowing Route 664 and water over Route 33 at Horns Mill. The Hocking River at Logan neared flood stage at 9 to 11 a.m., easing slightly by 11, as cooler air slows run-off and forecasters warn of possible renewed rains.
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Hocking County
Horn’s Mill
Logan
Hocking
Ohio
School Playground Surfacing Deferred
Logan school playground plans to blacktop are delayed pending a wider safety review amid nationwide concerns about hazards. The board announced a full investigation and postponed work. The same meeting approved a policy change requiring final exams for all students next year except seniors in the second semester with good grades.
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Logan
City
Steel Unionists Alert For Strike In Steel Industry
The CIO United Steelworkers warned 35,000 members to prepare for a strike if wage dispute with steel companies is not settled by March 23. The alert was issued by district director William F. Donovan in Cleveland, following a policy committee deadline.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Steelworkers
William F. Donovan
USW National
Hocking County Man Wins Parole
Wilmer Bailey of Hocking County was among 76 inmates granted parole today by the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission. Paroles are effective April 23. Bailey is serving a burglary sentence in the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Wilmer Bailey
Hocking County
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Bailey
Ohio
New Hampshire Primary Opens Amid National Attention
The first presidential primary of the season opened in New Hampshire with thousands voting as polls opened. Waterville Valley reported seven Eisenhower votes and write-ins for Taft and Stassen. Millsfield showed Taft and Stassen leads with Eisenhower zero votes.
First Precinct Comes In For Eisenhower
Waterville Valley New Hampshire a tiny ski village with ten residents opened the 1952 presidential primary polling at 12 01 am and cast all seven ballots for Eisenhower. The town also recorded two Taft write ins and one Stassen write in for vice president. Millsfield followed with sixteen residents giving Taft four votes and Stassen Kefauver and Truman one each Eisenhower received no votes there.
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Waterville Valley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Taft
Harold Stassen
Millsfield
Taft
Stassen
Kefauver
Eisenhower
N. H
New Hampshire
Waterville Inn
Town Hall
Ralph Bean
Truman
South Alabama Hit By High Wind
In Dothan Alabama on Monday night winds of 94 miles an hour knocked out telephone and power lines amid torrential rain. Gusts reached 105 miles an hour in Montgomery setting a record there.
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Dothan
Ala
South Alabama
Montgomery
Lamb Crop Down in Principal States
Washington reports the season's early lamb crop in key producing states is about five percent smaller than last year, according to the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Taft Connally Trade Sharp Verbal Volleys
Senators Taft of Ohio and Connally of Texas clashed in a high profile exchange about Korea and policy from Houston to the Senate floor. Taft accused Connally and Acheson of inviting communists to Korea while Connally called Taft demagogic and defended U S actions to aid South Korea. The heated debate spanned campaign and Senate routes as New Hampshire primary neared.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Connally
Texas
Ohioan
South Korea
Senate
Truman
Korea
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Houston
State Acheson
Acheson
United States
Texan
William Wright Prevents Disaster While Watching TV
In Audubon New Jersey on March 11, eight year old William Wright stayed home with a cold. He smelled smoke from an attic fire while his mother attended a parent teacher meeting. He alerted the fire department and then returned to the TV as firefighters fought the blaze. the interior was destroyed but he was led away safely.
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Audubon
N. J
William Wright
William
Burglar Certainly Has His Troubles
Peoria Illinois March 11 police probed a break in at the Rossetter Motor Co. The burglar crawled through a window into crankcase oil and slipped into a pan, triggering a fire extinguisher that sprayed him with foam. No money was taken.
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Peoria, Ill
Rossetter Motor Co
Police Radio Installation Nears Completion
City police and Sheriff A. J. Waldron expect to contact a patrol cruiser today as two way radio units advance. J. E. Peters of GE and Carl Justice install remote control units and mobile sets in cruisers. The system, a joint city county purchase, should be fully operational by tomorrow night.
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A. J. Waldron
J. E. Peters
General Electric Company
Carl Justice
General Electric
Ernest Price
Sheriff's Office
Church Rosters Show Increase
New York data from the National Council of the Churches of Christ in America shows church membership growing 59.8 percent between 1926 and 1950, outpacing the national population rise of 28.6 percent. The findings counter claims that American churches are dying.
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New York
National Council of the Churches of Christ In America
America
Saturation Point On Taxes Nears, CEA Chief Says
Leon Keyserling, chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, tells House hearings that the United States is nearing a saturation point on taxes. He says there may be a savings limit and urges caution in tax policy during the appropriations hearings.
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Washington
Leon Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisers
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Ling
Phillips
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