Irish names and crests spark a green wave of heritage
A humorous column traces Irish surname lore and family crests sold in America by Hon Francis de Moleyns. It notes Niall Mor as a monarch ancestor, explains name changes from O Baoghill to Boyle, and lists crests for Jim Farley Jack Dempsey and Sen McCarthy.
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Wisconsin
Jack Dempsey
Jim Farley
White House
Erin
Francis de Moleyns
Niall Mor
Ireland
O’baoghill
O'Boghill
Boghill
Wegen
Boyle
Gremay
Sen. McCarthy
Ohio Senate backs basic subjects in state schools bill
Ohio education moves toward a return to required basic subjects with a year of American history before eighth grade graduation. The Education Committee endorses a House approved measure to teach core topics and clarifies narcotics and alcohol instruction standards.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate Education Committee
Senate
U. S
House
Senator Hints Ihe May Repudiate Yalta Accord
Senate discussions touch repudiation of Yalta agreements over Soviet violations. McCarthy urges presidential move toward formal congressional action, while Knowland calls for study of the 1945 conference record before any decision. Republicans cite Berlin and free elections implications.
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Hints Ihe
Yalta
Knowland
McCarthy
State Department
Iron Curtain
Berlin
DAV Officials to Decide Action After Theft at Idento-Tag Plant
In Cincinnati six DAV Idento-Tag plant employees confessed stealing over 26000 dollars donated to DAV headquarters during a two year period. National Adjutant Vivian D Corbly said officials will meet next Tuesday to determine measures. Identotags are miniature license plates mailed to car owners nationwide.
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Cincinnati
Disabled American Veterans
DAV
Vivian D. Corbly
United States
Yalta Papers Outline Early Atomic Bomb Efforts
Washington reports from the Yalta papers show wartime Manhattan Project leaders aiming for a 500 ton TNT equivalent bomb by spring 1945 with a larger 10 000 ton target by August 1 1945. The first test occurred at Alamogordo on July 16 1945 and Hiroshima saw the first combat use on August 6 1945.
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Washington
Yalta
Leslie R. Groves
Manhattan
George C. Marshall
Army
Japan
Alamogordo
N. M
Hiroshima
Jailed On DUI Charge From Last October
Waldo Anderson of Laurelville is serving a three day county jail term for driving while intoxicated. He had been fined 150 dollars and costs on October 23, 1954 in Mayor Joseph Phillips' court and now must serve the sentence.
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Waldo Anderson
Laurelville
Highway Patrol
Anderson
Joseph Phillips
North Korea rebuilds armed strength amid waning China support
U.S. and South Korean sources say the North Korean Red Army is larger and better equipped than in 1950, with tanks, jet fighters, and heavy artillery. China has withdrawn divisions, lowering odds of a new invasion, while South Korea boosts its own forces and air power as the peninsula remains militarized.
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Seoul
North Korea
Red
South Korea
U.S
Lee Hyung Keun
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United Nations Command
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
China
Formosa
Amoy -Foochow
East Asia
Korea
Inchon
United States
Finn tanker Aruba in crosshairs as Taiwan pressure grows
In Formosa, Chiang Nationalists hint at targeting the Finnish tanker Aruba after it clears Singapore if she nears any Red Chinese port. In Bangkok a criminal court convicts 49 for plots to install a Communist regime. Ohio bills pass on garage under statehouse. Supreme Court rules worker in labor dispute ineligible for unemployment benefits.
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Taipei
Formosa
Aruba
Singapore
Bangkok
Thailand
Thai Criminal Court
Funeral services set for Benjamin F Morris raiding sheriff
Youngstown notes funeral services tomorrow for Benjamin F Morris 82 known as the raiding sheriff of Mahoning County during the early days of Prohibition.
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Youngstown
Benjamin F. Morris
Mahoning County
Eisenhower Nominates Reynolds for Postmaster in Ohio
President Eisenhower has sent to the Senate a postmaster nomination for David H. Reynolds of Cedarville Ohio. Reynolds would fill a key postal role in the region, pending Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
David H. Reynolds
Cedarville
Ohio
West Berlin Firm Tied to War Material Shipments
U S authorities reveal American funds helped finance a West Berlin company whose former officials face charges of shipping war material to Red China.
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Berlin
U. S
West Berlin
Red China
Marietta Man Charles ONeill Dies at 86
Charles ONeill aged 86, Washington County's oldest attorney and father of Ohio Attorney General C William ONeill, died here early today.
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Marietta
Charles O'Neill
Washington County
Ohio
William O'Neill
CIO aide and banker warn of disturbing stock market elements
A CIO official and Wall Street banker testified before the Senate inquiry that there are troubling signs in the 1955 market. James Carey accused the administration of conspiring to push prices higher, while Ferdinand Eberstadt warned that frauds and implausible sales undermine confidence though not all prices are proven excessive. The witnesses urged continued scrutiny as President Eisenhower and Humphrey commented on the inquiry's reach.
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Washington
CIO
Wall Street
Senate
James Carey
Eisenhower
Carey
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Banking Committee
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Fulbright
D-Ark
Non Striking Aides Reported Stoned In Union Dispute
Uhrichsville deputies said three cars carrying non union workers to a coal mine were stoned by striking unionists. A truck driver was forced to dump coal in a Uhrichsville street as United Mine Workers protest the Stillwater Clay Co operation and the severing of its contract.
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Uhrichsville
C. V. Morris
United Mine Workers
Stillwater Clay Co
UMW
Palestine truce chief to place blame on Israel at UN meeting
Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns of Canada planned to report and urge stronger UN monitoring after Gaza clash that killed 38 Egyptians and eight Israelis. He carried a resolution faulting Israel and urged border-watch enhancements as Abba Eban prepared to rebut and Egypt urged patrols.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Truce Supervisory Organization
E. L. M. Burns
Canada
Burns
Gaza
Security Council
New York
Mixed Armistice Commission
Israel
Abba Eban
Egypt
Arab League
Kamil Abdul Rahim
Tel Aviv
Cairo
al Gumbhuriya
Negev Desert
Mrs. Maud Mettler Dies At Laurelville
Mrs. Maud Alice Mettler 72 died at 7 50 p m Wednesday in her Laurelville home. Born December 26 1882 in Hocking County she was a daughter of Andrew and Mary Leggitt Mettler. She belonged to the Presbyterian church and the Pythian Sisters and once served as Laurelville correspondent for the Daily News. Surviving are a daughter Mrs Ralph Patterson Kingston Route 2 a brother Thomas Mettler Laurelville and three sisters Mrs Hattie Kitchen Adelphi Mrs Frank Cain and Mrs Anna Valentine Columbus four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p m Saturday in the Laurelville residence with Rev Richard McDowell officiating burial Hallsville Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m Friday.
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Maud Alice Mettler
Laurelville
Hocking County
Andrew
Mary Jane Leggitt Mettler
The
Presbyterian Church
Pythian Sisters
Mettler
Daily News
Ralph Patterson
Kingston
Thomas Mettler
Hattie Kitchen
Adelphi
Frank Cain
Anna Valentine
Columbus
Richard McDowell
Hallsville
One Green Wreath Not For St. Pat at Courthouse
A green wreath above the Hocking County Courthouse main entrance is identified as a Christmas decoration not honoring St. Patrick. It may be left from last Christmas or placed early for next Yuletide to conceal the missing courthouse clock.
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Hocking County
St. Patrick
Labor Dispute Ends Old Newspaper in Brooklyn Eagle
The 114 year old Brooklyn Eagle, silenced since January 29 by the American Newspaper Guild wage dispute, will not publish again. Guild demands include a $5.80 weekly raise over two years and better severance and vacation terms. Schroth offered $2.40 weekly, arbitration discussed. Pickets remain and mediation sought for a fresh conference. Wage minimums at the Eagle ranged from 47.50 for copy boys to 131.50 for reporters.
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New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Frank D. Schroth
The
Eagle
American Newspaper Guild
ANG
Schroth
Manhattan
Winter Deep Freeze Grips Much Of The Nation
A broad cold snap hit the country as spring nears with record lows in Minnesota and bitter winds. International Falls recorded 14 degrees below zero after a high of 6 above, Bemidji at 10 below, while Ohio’s Hocking County saw 37 at midday after a frosty night. Cloudy skies were forecast with rain by Friday.
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Chicago
International Falls
Minn
Canadian
Bemidji
Hocking County
Christianity Held As Key To Future
Bishop Charles W. Brashares of Chicago told the 14th annual meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service in Cincinnati that daily living the way of Christ is essential to a world Christian culture. He warned the era's big struggle is whether the future world shall be godless or Christian. Brashares, a native of Hocking County, is brother of Josef Brashares of Enterprise.
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Cincinnati
Charles W. Brashares
Chicago
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
North Central Area
Brashares
Bishop Brashares Is
Hocking County
Josef Brashares
Enterprise
Record Bared Over Protests Of Churchill
Washington The long secret Yalta papers were released by the State Department amid ongoing dispute over Churchill's objections. The half million word record shows Roosevelt yielded to Soviet demands in 1945 including UN votes for Russia and Ukraine, and air bases in Manchuria. Russia joined the war against Japan on Aug 9 1945 and Japan surrendered Aug 14 1945.
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Washington
Yalta
State Department
Winston Churchill
Rici
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Northwest Pacific
Manchuria
Stalin
Churchill
United Nations
General Assembly
Poland
Baltic
Black Sea
America
U. S
Crimea
Tehran
Nazi Germany
Germany
Europe
United States
Hiroshima
Yalta Papers Stir Reactions From World Leaders
In London Prime Minister Churchill addressed the House of Commons calling Washingtons released Yalta papers of course controversial prompting varied reactions from major powers as coverage continues on page two.
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Associated Press
Yalta
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Washington
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U.N. Council
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