Legislature Nears End Of Subversives Probe
The Ohio subversives investigating committee winds up hearings and drafts a report due Thursday. Final witnesses include Atty Gen C William ONeill and Donald T Appell. Four witnesses refused to answer, including a World Peace Congress attendee. Contempt citations possible. law changes to curb subversives expected. Democratic members may seek a minority report on extension.
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Columbus
Ohio Legislature
Atty Gen
William O'Neill
Donald T. Appell
Washington
Appell
House un-American Activities Committee
Ohio
Poland
General Assembly
Peay
Peer Captured and Removed from Highway Danger
A tame yearling buck deer on Mrs. Grace Smith's Route 33 property near Logan was lassoed by the sheriff, Carl Mosley, and neighbors to prevent it from entering Route 33. The deer was loaded into a truck and relocated south of Logan, placing the Hocking River between it and the highway to reduce the risk of a collision.
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Grace Smith
Route
Logan
A. J. Waldron
Carl Mosley
Hocking County
Butts Elected President of Ohio Emblem Clubs
Mrs Lillian Butts of Marietta was elected president of the Ohio State Association of Emblem Clubs yesterday. The association is an Elks auxiliary.
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Nelsonville, O
Lillian Butts
Marietta
Ohio State Association of Emblem Clubs
Elks
Extended Tryout Irks Auto Dealer
John Guess, 18, Logan, pleaded innocent in Mag istrate S. B. Whitehart's court to a charge of taking an auto without the owner's consent. Sheriff A. J. Waldron said the suspect took a car from J. G. Cole, Logan auto dealer, Saturday afternoon to try it out and did not return. The car was recovered by Sheriff Charles Radcliff in Circleville Sunday and Guess was sent back to Hocking County, bound to the grand jury under $1,000 bond.
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John Guess
Logan
S. B. Whitehart
J. G. Cole
A. J. Waldron
Cole
Guess
Cole Fot
Pickaway County
Circleville
Hocking County
Grand
Earthquake kills 200 in El Salvador
El Salvador report says about 200 people died in a quake hitting Jucuapa and Chinameca. Jucuapa and Chinameca, 90 and 92 miles from San Salvador, suffered severe destruction of homes and public buildings after quakes began at 5 PM yesterday.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Jucuapa
Chinameca
Eleven Injured In Hocking County Weekend Auto Accidents
Three separate weekend crashes in Hocking County left eleven people injured. At Route 33 and 598 intersection a 76 year old Ingmire turning left caused a collision with Hashman and Bell. injuries included cuts and bruises to Hashman and head and mouth bruises to Goldie Levering and Edna Neuman. Ingmire was fined for wrong side driving. A second wreck on Middle Fork road involved Jack Hartshorn with three passengers sustaining burns and knee lacerations. A third collision near Logan included William Mowrey and Charles Poff with injuries to several occupants.
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Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
Albert Ingmire
Union Furnace
Charles Hashman
Nelsonville
Ingmire
Leo Bell
Columbus
Bell
Hashman
Mr. Hashman
Maude
Edna Neuman
Goldie Levering
Roger Friend
Middle Fork
Route 180
A. J. Waldron
Jack Hartshorn
Laurelville
Emma Pinkstock
Rockbridge
Robert Hartshorn
Melvin Hartshorn
Etta Bell Pinkstock
Logan
Highway Patrol
William Mowrey
Zion Eub Church
Charles Poff
London Plans First Election as City
London conducts its first primary election as a city on Tuesday. The 1950 census lists London as a city with over 5,000 inhabitants. Candidates will be nominated for councilman at large auditor and city solicitor.
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London
23 Airmen Die in Crash of Giant B-36 Bomber
ALBUQUERQUE MAY 7 A giant B-36 bomber crashed while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base killing 23 airmen The disaster the fifth and worst B-36 crash since operations began in 1946 left the base resembling a junk yard Four crew members survived in critical condition at Sandia Special Weapons Base Hospital The bomber had just flown three hours from Carswell AFB Fort Worth Texas Winds over 40 mph and sandstorms spread the wreckage across the tarmac
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Albuquerque
Kirtland Air Force Base
Air Force
Perry G. Griffith
Kirtland
William S. Knipple
Knipple
188Th
Cri
Sandia Special Weapons Base
Sandia
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Sweazy Cleared of Contempt in Stock Dispute
Harry W. Sweazy was found not guilty of contempt of court in a case brought by Raymond R. Lanning over a missing $25 share of Crystal Rock Gas Company stock. The judge rejected motions to force release from a lock box and immediate turnover, noting Sweazy had not possessed or located the stock since 1950.
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Harry W. Sweazy
Raymond R. Lanning
A. J. Waldron
Sweazy
Crystal Rock Gas Company
Lanning
Forest Weinrich
Waldron
Raymond Lanning
William D. Rabe
Lancaster
Marion Ross
Columbus
Ross
Federal Savings and Loan Company
Harley Meyer
Slayer Appeals Murder Conviction
Richard Farmer of Port Clinton appeals his first degree murder conviction in the Ohio Supreme Court claiming prejudice due to being handcuffed in court. He was sentenced to life for the September 24, 1950 Port Clinton shooting of Helen Caperiece. the court of appeals upheld the verdict.
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Columbus
Port Clinton
State Supreme Court
Richard Farmer
Henen C.apr
Three Railmen Killed in Canadian Pacific Freight Wreck
Three railway workers were killed when a Canadian Pacific Railway freight engine and fourteen cars derailed about 100 miles northeast of Vancouver. The incident occurred yesterday as the train left the rails, resulting in multiple fatalities.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Pacific Railway
General MacArthur Shines In Committee Testimony
General Douglas MacArthur faced three days of questioning before the armed services committee in Washington. He displayed stern resolve and gentleness, defending his actions and policies while urging vigilance against Korean and broader threats. He praised colleagues as friends and warned of imminent danger if decisive action was not taken in Korea.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Russell
D-Ga
The
Armed Services Committee
Reds Press On In Korea As Fronts Shift Northward
South Korean infantry pushed toward Inje across the 38th parallel while U.N. forces filled the gaps. Western anchors north of Seoul moved northwest as tank infantry rolled through Chunchon. Red rockets and bomb raids targeted railway yards and center fronts. Pyongyang radio boasted air losses, while U.N. intelligence noted conflicting signals about a possible stalemate ending.
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Tokyo
U.N
38Th
Inje
Korea
Seoul
Chunchon
U.S. Eighth Army
Uijongbu
Pyongyang
Sunchon
Red
Proposals Hold Danger of War With Russia
Secretary of Defense Marshall told senators that Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s Korean war proposals risk an all out war with the Soviet Union. He said the United States discusses some of MacArthur’s ideas like a naval blockade of Red China but has not formalized them. Marshall defended the Truman policy against Communist China and Formosa, noted four of sixteen actions in a memo were cited by MacArthur, and said MacArthur was dismissed for basic differences of judgment with the President and military leaders, not only over Korea but across allied strategy.
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Washington
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Soviet Union
Russell
D-Ga
Red China
MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
China
Korea
Chiefs of Staff
Manchuria
Formosa
Communist China
Korean Vets Home On Rotation Leaves
About 1500 army officers and enlisted men returning from Korea began 30 day furloughs across the 48 states Puerto Rico and Canada. Most were processed at Fort Lawton within 24 hours of arrival and left for home or Camp Kilmer New Jersey with 109 Puerto Rico veterans still being processed awaiting departure.
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Seattle
Korea
Puerto Rico
Canada
Fort Lawton
Camp Kilmer, N. J
Husband Identifies Amnesia Victim in Ohio Case
Police reported that John Myers of Stoutsville Pickaway County identified a woman amnesia victim as his wife Mary 36 in Portsmouth Ohio. The woman found hitchhiking Thursday along a highway did not recognize Myers.
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Portsmouth
John Myers
Stoutsville
Pickaway County
Mary
Myers
Troop Unit Reaches Iceland in NATO Defense Move
A contingent of about 200 American troops arrived by air at Keflavik Airport near Reykjavik to aid Iceland’s defense under the Atlantic Pact. Officials cautioned the exact number was not released and noted Iceland has no standing army or air force.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Keflavik
North Atlantic Alliance
Washington
Edward John McGaw
Philadelphia
Confused Pilot Lands Big Army Plane At Newark Airport
An Air Force cargo plane carrying 30 soldiers landed by mistake at Newark Airport in Ohio, mistaking the grass runway for Port Columbus. The pilot, en route from Greenville to Columbus, shut down on the unlighted field after being misled by a green beacon and the pilot light. Local residents assisted, and plans to extend the field for takeoff were discussed for the next day.
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Newark
Air Force
Port Columbus
Fairchild Packet
Greenville
S. C
Columbus
Newark Airport
Port, Columbus
Henry Esch
Civil Air Patrol
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Mary A. Halloren
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Irks Auto Dealer
Dorothy Campbell
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Dorothy
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