Fire devastates Blanchester business district
A Wednesday night blaze in Blanchester Ohio destroyed two buildings and damaged a third in the town of 1785. The Brown Publishing Co. suffered at least 500000 in damage with possible $750000 total. Firefighters from five communities fought the flames for about two hours. No one was hurt. damage included the Cochrane’s garage and a nearby dwelling. The Eagles lodge area and doctor offices were involved. Cause undetermined though Eagles quarters suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchester
Ohio
Howard Curless
Brown Publishing Co
Clarence J. Brown
R-Ohio
Curless
Cochrane
Eagles Lodge
Goshen
Lebanon
Loveland
Morrow
Wilmington
Eagles
Subways Hit In London Nine Dead Nine Killed
London officials report nine killed and fifty injured when two jam packed subway trains collided near Stratford Leyton. Rescue teams worked over fifteen hours to recover victims including a mother with her two year old, amid possible signal failure. Eight seriously injured, many others treated for minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stratford
Leyton
Bricker Urges Administration to Draft Treaty Amendment
Senator Bricker of Ohio challenged administration officials to draft a constitutional amendment on treaty making to prove they seek to curb abuses. He notes Secretary Dulles opposes the amendment but offers no acceptable alternative while Stassen testifies as the fifth administration witness supporting Bricker's proposal, backed by 63 senators including Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security
Administration
Taft
U S Planes Carrying Aid To Ecuador Cities
Air Force planes from Albrook base in the Canal Zone have flown over a million pounds of relief to Quito and Guayaquil. Seven cargo planes operated daily between March 28 and floods cut road and rail links, with the airlift expected to run until April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
P.U
S. Air Force
Albrook
Canal Zone
Quito
Guayaquil
Caribbean Air Command
Railroad Strike Lands Ohio Steel Plants in Shut Down
A wild cat strike by 100 railroad workers halted output at United States Steel Ohio Works and McDonald plant in Youngstown. All six blast furnaces were banked by midnight and open hearths Bessemmer converters and rolling mills were idled as ten thousand steelworkers faced temporary unemployment. The unauthorized action on the Youngstown and Northern railroad involved demands for higher pay with details undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
C.P
United States Steel Corp
Ohio Works
McDonald
Earl Walker
Brotherhood of Railroad
Youngstown and Northern Railroad
United States Steel
Polish envoy voices mild tone in UN talks on Korea
Poland opened debate at the United Nations on East West tensions while dropping unconditional return demands for Korean prisoners. Stanislaw Skrzeszewski proposed a peace package as a basis for discussion and urged a broader settlement of the Korean War with world disarmament and a Big Five pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardrei Y. Visninsky
United Nations
Valerian Zorin
New York
Vishinsky
N. Y.P
Poland
U. N
Stanislaw Skrzeszewski
Red
Skrzeszewski
Korea
Reds
Russia
After Hours Blast Flattened Gilmore High School
A blast ripped through Gilmore High School in New Era West Virginia flattening the three story building. The 210 students had left three hours earlier and the cause was not determined. Superintendent C Otis Castro estimated damage at 125000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Era
W.va
Gilmore High School
C. Otis Castro
Firemen’s Convention Heat Sparks Nearby Blazes
In Montgomery Alabama visiting fire chiefs from six communities held their state convention while separate fires broke out near two stations. One blaze heavily damaged the home of firefighter John A Stringer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
John A. Stringer
TV Program Inspires Murder Hoax Man Sinks to Folly
Frederick W. Pope, 27, of Indianapolis, confessed his double murder tale was a hoax inspired by a TV program. Washington Court House police will seek transfer to a mental hospital while detectives review his motive and past escapades including a 1949 false murder claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Court House
O.P
D. V. Wong
Frederick W. Pope
Indianapolis
Long
Connecticut
R. N. Stark
Pope
Jack
Constance Smith
Lakeville
Waco, Tex
Smith
Peter Smith
Art Linkletter
T — A Eee Smith
Extension Of Rent Ceilings Wins Senate Backing
The Senate Banking Committee approved a bill extending federal rent ceilings through Sept 30 and allowing an 8 percent rise in controlled rents. The panel also endorsed a war crisis price and wage freeze power for the President, despite GOP opposition. Capehart will present the final draft, with floor battles seen ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Sen
Capehart
Ind
Senate
Bricker
Ohio
Bennett
Utah
Congress
Taft
Doctors Remove Toothbrush From Italian Woman Stomach
In Ascoli Piceno Italy doctors extracted a full sized toothbrush from a woman's stomach after she claimed to have swallowed it accidentally while brushing her teeth. The procedure followed her report of sudden pain and was performed by surgical team at the local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascoli Piceno
Italy
Reds Accept Major UN Proposals in Prisoner Exchange Talks
At Panmunjom, Communist staff officers agreed to key points for trading sick and wounded POWs with the Allies. An agreement could be signed Friday, allowing exchange to begin within 10 days, with 600 POWs, including up to 125 Americans, to be exchanged daily totals and convoy mechanics set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Reds
U. N
Panmunjom
U.N
John C. Daniel
Daniel
Red China
Chou En-lai
Mark Clark
Op Red
North Korea
Chou
Red
Clark
Lee Sang Cho
Tokyo
Marines Rebound at Carson Hill After Red Assault
In a pre dawn attack near Panmunjom about 300 to 350 Chinese forces overran Carson Hill, but a Marine relief force secured the outpost by 8:35 a.m. after heavy fighting and artillery bombardment. U S B 29s pummeled a Red supply dump as Capt Harold E Fischer Jr missing on his 70th mission was last seen in combat near the Manchurian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Carson Hill
Eighth Army
1St Marine Division
Carson
Panmunjom
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Taechon
Air Force
Harold E. Fischer Jr
North Korea
Fischer
Swea City
Not Even Safe In Jail in New Delhi Trial
Ratan Lal on trial for attempted murder alleged a fellow prisoner pickpocketed him while waiting to testify. Detectives produced together Ratan Lal’s money and Vijey Kumar who is also under trial. The original charge against Kumar involved pocket picking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Ratan Lal
Vijey Kumar
Kumar
Communists Use Foreign Saboteurs in Germany Report
BON Germany reports West Germany’s Communist party seeking foreign specialists for strikes and sabotage to cripple industry. The German Industrial Institute says experts are smuggled from countries with large, effective parties after earlier attempts from East Germany failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bon
Germany
West Germany
Communist Party
Italy
German Industrial Institute
East Germany
East Zone
Eisenhower Cancels Thursday Newsmen Meeting
President Eisenhower, tied up with ten other engagements, decided to forego his usual Thursday briefing with newsmen today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
No Real Ammo Output Till 52 Says Pace
Former Secretary of the Army Frank Pace Jr told Senate investigators there was no real production of ammunition for the Korean War until two years after it began. He said Korea's ammunition came from World War II stocks and that shortages were not reported to him by General Van Fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Pace Jr
Senate
Pace
Korea
Sen
Byrd
Dva
Senate Armed Services
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
Army
D-Va
U. S. Eighth Army
van Fleet
Wall Street
Senators
Hugh Dean
Dean
W. J. McNeil
Dulles
Kennan
Eisenhower
Foreign Service
Bricker Expects OSU Trustees to Fire Prof Darling
Senator John W. Bricker says Ohio State University trustees will approve the firing of Prof Byron T. Darling at their April 20 meeting. President Howard L. Bevis recommended Darling be dismissed for refusing to answer the House Un American Activities Committee about Communist affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Ohio State University
Byron T. Darling
Howard L. Bevis
Darling
House UN- American Activities Committee
Kennan Leaves Foreign Service Over Policy Rift
George F. Kennan plans retirement from the State Department amid policy differences with Secretary Dulles over containment and a more aggressive liberation approach. Kennan, 49, long chief of planning and Moscow expert, will become a consultant and resume scholarly work at Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
George F. Kennan
Moscow
Dulles
Kennan
Department
Russia
Germany
Statemeut
Foreign Service
Ohioan Missing After Jet Crash
An American Thunderjet fighter crashed into the sea off Southeast England Wednesday. The pilot is missing and presumed dead. Capt. Donald C. Goodwin of Columbus, Ohio, is named by an Air Force spokesman. He was on a training mission from a U S Air Force Base in East Anglia. Goodwin earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with five clusters in Europe during the last war. He was married and had two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Air Force
Donald C. Goodwin
Columbus
East Anglia
Goodwin
Europe
Jet Fighter Crash Near Tipp City Kills Pilot
Dayton officials report a jet fighter from Wright Patterson AFB crashed near Tipp City with the pilot killed. No other details available. In Tokyo, Peiping radio claimed double jet ace Harold Fischer was shot down and captured in Manchuria after bailing out of his Sabre Jet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
State Highway Department
Tipp City
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Tokyo
Red China
Peiping Radio
Harold Fischer
Manchuria
Mukden Manchuria
Yalu River
Fischer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Battle Against
Brown
The
Western Star
Franklin Chronicle
Clarence J. Brown Jr
U.S
Ecuador
Waco VA
J. Louis
California
Los Angeles
By Robert B. Tuckman
Stan Carter
Commies
By John M. Hightower
Free Nations
Charles E. Bohlen
Institute For Advance Study
Princeton
N. J
Bulletins
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!