Middletown Day planned for eSourdsville Lake
The Middletown Retail Merchants Association plans Middletown Day at eSourdsville Lake on August 23. Howard Smith says during the week of August 17 23 store sales will award ride tickets with half price rides on the day and every fifth ticket a free ride, plus a free stage show and other features as kickoff events.
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Middletown
eSourdsville Lake
Howard Smith
Smith
Retail Merchants Association
Lake
Named To District Post By Legionnaires
Sam McAdow of American Legion Post 218 was named District Four chairman at the state convention in Cleveland. Twenty three Legionnaires attended. a campaign for Americanism and anti Communist work is planned. Delegates Coffey McAdow Verity were chosen for the national convention in Los Angeles October 12 to 14. Civilian defense plans discussed at post meeting following Gov. Lausche outline. not connected with Ohio Defense Corps.
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Sam McAdow
Theermanent State Legion Amerianism Committee
Tate
Cleveland
McAdow
American Leion Post
Legion
Sloan
Car Post
Middlewn Post
Inos Angeles
Artin Coffey
Illiam Verity
Russell D. Stevens
Post
House delays McKinnon amendment on wage price controls
Rep T McKinnon D Calif seeks to delay an amendment to the Administration's economic controls bill. The proposal would trigger wage and price controls if living costs rise 5 percent above June 15 levels, based on a 10-25 index. The amendment, supported in the House, would allow a presidential imposition sooner but require action if the cost of living, as shown in the Treasury's monthly tax hikes, climbs 5 percent.
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T McKinnon
D-Calif
Adinistration
McKinnon
House
Chinese Communists shell Norwegian freighter near Hong Kong
Hong Kong reports that Chinese shore batteries fired five shells at the 4,951 ton Norwegian freighter Pleasantville about 15 miles south of the harbor. The ship was not hit, marking the third shelling of ships near Hong Kong in three days.
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Hong Kong
Pleasantville
Hins
Haror
Truckers fined in Richmond overweight truck crackdown
In Richmond Indiana two hip truck drivers and a third from West Virginia were arrested for overweight trucks. Fines were leveled in Richmond city court with Ibert Briggs of Newark Colorado, James L Jackson of Huntington West Virginia, and Eugene Tyra of Hamilton Ohio named among those fined.
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Richmond, Ind
Virginia
Richmond
Ibert Briggs
Newark, CO
James L. Jackson
Huntington
W. Va
Eugene Tyra
Hamilton, O
Heavy rain floods streets delays hundreds in Miami
A heavy thunderstorm dropped 4.65 inches of rain in the Miami area early today. Lightning caused some damage as four cars were affected. Flooded streets slowed commuters, but no injuries or fatalities were reported.
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Miami
Fla
Butler County names Henry D. Moore Jr. attendance chief
Henry D. Moore Jr. of Lemon Township was named county director of attendance for Butler County schools, succeeding retiree Lewis Bolser. Moore, a Lemon Monroe grad and OSU psychology student, has guided 9000 pupils across 19 districts and will supervise attendance duties, work permits, and coordination with local agencies from the courthouse office.
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Henry D. Moore, Jr
Lemon Township
Butler County
J. Gilbert Welsh
Butler County Board of Education
Moore
Lewis Bolser
Lemon- Monroe High School
Ohio State University
Lemon-Monroe
Kent University
Air Force
Bolser
Lower
Miami Valley
F-80 Jets Hit 419 sorties in Korea War
The report notes 419 F-80 sorties with 366 combat missions by Navy Corsairs Panthers and Skyraiders totaling 208 carrier sorties. Marine pilots in Chinju area claim 40 vehicles and a tank destroyed near Pansong and strafing of troop concentrations. Essex carriers' bombers score four direct hits on the West Seoul bridge.
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Chinju
Pansong
Leatherneck
West Seoul
Changnyong Move Forces U S Units to Extend Line
The Changnyong operation pressed against the weakened U.S. 25th Infantry Division. The 24th Regiment of Negro troops was diverted to back the southern push by Marines and the Fifth Regimental Combat Team. This compelled the U.S. First Cavalry Division to stretch its line southward along the Naktong. Marines in the extreme south scaled valley walls and fought rugged hills to rescue the Fifth Regimental unit from a flanking strike.
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Changnyong
Fifth Regimental
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Naktong
France to get 2 U S ships under aid program
The United States will transfer two 1,240 ton destroyer escort ships to France on August 12 in Philadelphia. The vessels Samuel F. Mills and Riddle will be renamed Arabe and Kabyle. France is the second beneficiary after the Netherlands, with eight more escorts forthcoming for Western allies.
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Washington
France
U. S
Oie
Phildelphia
Samuel F. Mills
Riddle
Henri Bonnet
R. E. Schuirmann
Fourth Naval District
Defense Department
United States
Netherlands
Indo-China
Turkey
Burma
Southeast Asia
Defense Headquarters
U.S
Vietnam
Indochina
U. S. Navy
Alaskan Strike Angers Truman
President Truman and Secretary Johnson condemned a AFL Steamfitters and Plumbers strike blocking defense housing in Alaska. The walkout, active since July 26, seeks a $2.50 hourly raise plus double overtime pay and room and board outside Fairbanks and Anchorage, risking national security.
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Washington
Truman
Johnson
Alaska
United States
White House
AFL
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Miss Chadwick Falls Short in English Channel Attempt
San Diego 11 05 set by France s Georges Michel in 1926 Miss Chadwick was the third American woman to make this crossing nineteen miles as the crow flies but much farther in swimming distance due to tides The others were Miss Ederle and Mrs Mille Gade Carson who crossed in 1926 in fifteen hours and twenty eight minutes Shirley May France the seventeen year old from Somerset Massachusetts had swum 13 hours 46 minutes when she quit sobbing as she was pulled from the water within sight of the white cliffs
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France
Georges Michel
Miss Chadwick
Miss Ederle
Mille Gade Carson
Shirley May France
Somerset
Mass
Soldier recalls quitting Communist party over Hitler stance
Levison, who left the Communist party after deeming it misrepresentative of workers, says his wife urged severing ties. He chose direct action against Hitlerism, was drafted in August 1942, and discharged as First Lieutenant in February 1946 after 20 months in the European theater ground forces.
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Communist Party
Levison
Ground Forces Replacement Center
Suspected Red Loses Job In Formica Plant
CINCINNATI, RP A Formica plant worker Esther Tice left her job in the inspection department after a stormy protest by fellow employees. Officials said dismissal was for and Communistic activities, while she filed a discrimination discharge complaint with the regional NLRB. She testified before a House committee on American Activities July 12 and faces possible contempt citation this Saturday.
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Cincinnati
Formica
House Committee
Esther Tice
Miss Tice
Jack G. Evans
National Labor Relations Board
House On American Activities Committee
Congress
MacArthur doubts Japanese volunteers for U.S. forces
General Douglas MacArthur said it is doubtful the U S armed forces could accept Japanese volunteers as proposed by Senator Magnuson. He urged early Japanese peace treaty steps as essential for Japan's security and suggested the plan would not work. Magnuson had proposed enlisting Japanese war veterans at half pay without citizenship or veterans benefits to aid Korea.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Senator Magnuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
MacArthur
Japan
Mrs Stokowski Expecting Baby in New York
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski the heiress wife of conductor Leo Stokowski has a maternity reservation at a New York hospital. She is 26 and her husband is 68, married in Mexico in 1945. The hospital said they booked for the early part of the month but she has not checked in yet.
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New York
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
Lyingin Hospital
Stowkowski
Mexico
Stokowskis
Sunspots Disrupt Atlantic Communications Across Ocean
Sunspot activity disrupted Trans Atlantic communications with garbled and delayed press copy from London and European cities. Mackay Radio RAC communications and Western Union cables reported the issue. Land lines appeared unaffected as the Northern Lights were visible over the eastern United States.
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New York
United States
Mackay Radio
RAC Communications
Western Union
London
Naval forces attack Korea drives deep into Communist waters
United Nations naval forces bombarded Red coastal targets in three long runs yesterday hitting twice on Korea’s east coast from the Sea of Japan and once in the west from the Yellow Sea. Five American ships including a heavy cruiser penetrated north of the 38th parallel striking Tanchon, a key east coast rail center about 125 miles north of the line. Britain, the Netherlands and South Korea opened shelling at Inchon as U S ships caused havoc in Tanchon rail yards.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Red
Korea
Sea of Japan
Yellow Sea
Tanchon
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Navy
Yangyang
U. S
Inchon
Duffy Seeks Lausche Written Order on Red Probe
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy renewed his request to Governor Frank Lausche for a written directive to investigate Ohio Communists. He argued he lacks authority to conduct such probes without the governor's order while Lausche contends the AG may investigate but cannot prosecute without directon.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Duffy
Boy 16 Kills Self Like Dad Did A Year Ago
In Zanesville AP report, 16 year old Robert E. Stephens followed his father's suicide from a year earlier. He shot himself with a .22 rifle after leaving a note saying he did not wish to return to school. His father John had died by self-inflicted gunshot after wounding his wife.
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Boy
Dad
Zanesville
Robert E. Stephens
Robert
Hancock
S. S. Daw
John
Betty
Truman Warns On Sabotage In Congress Message
President Truman asked Congress to pass tougher security and sabotage laws and to guard against hysteria as the nation faces international crisis. The message outlines internal security enhancements and maintains focus on countering Communist influence.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Boy shot by pellet in yard incident near Fleming Road
Richard Davies of 3204 Fleming Road was treated at Middletown Hospital for a pellet wound to the right chest shortly before 9 30 p m yesterday. Police say Roger Shafer of 3305 Fleming Road was running through a yard with a pellet gun when he fell and discharged the weapon.
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Richard Davies
Fleming
Middletown Hospital
Roger Shafer
Farouk Strips Queen Nazli Of Royal Title
Cairo AP says King Farouk issued a decree in the Official Gazette removing his mother Queen Nazli from the title and all royal rights. The move follows her support for the marriage of his sister Princess Fathia to Riad Chali, a Coptic Christian commoner.
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Farouk
Cairo
Queen
Fathia
Riad Chali
Farm Bureau To Confer On Full Election
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation said its board of trustees will confer with several Ohio political candidates of both parties to exchange views on agricultural problems. D. R. Stanfield noted the board will meet with State Treasurer Don H. Ebright, the Republican candidate for governor, and other attendees include Gov. Lausche, Sen. Taft, Stephen Young, State Auditor Ferguson, and Rep. Jenkins, with dates in September or October.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio
D. R. Stanfield
The
Farm Bureau
Don H. Ebright
Frank J. Lausche
U. S
Robert
General Motors Declares Extra 2 50 Dividend
General Motors announced an extra 2.50 dividend totaling 110,260,000 to shareholders. The payment will accompany the regular 1.50 third quarter dividend, making combined quarterly and special dividends for 1950 reach 7 per share after three quarters, versus 8 per share for all of 1949.
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NEW York
General Motors Corporation
Doctor Harold Campbell Dies After Illness in Newark
Dr Harold A. Campbell, 51, a Newark physician, died yesterday after several months of illness. A 1924 graduate of Ohio State University College of Medicine, he had practiced in Newark since graduation.
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Newark
Harold A. Campbell
Campbell
Ohio State University
College of Medicine
Acker 16 Killed in Bicycle Truck Collision at Salem
Salem AP reports Robert Acker aged 16 died after his bicycle collided with a truck at a highway intersection north of Salem. The crash happened yesterday prompting investigations by local police.
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SALEM
Robert Ackerman
Here
Tire prices rise at Akron firm five to seven percent
Seiberling Rubber Company announced price increases across product lines today. Passenger cars tractors and farm implements saw a five percent hike while trucks rose seven percent. Inner tubes with natural rubber climbed about twenty percent.
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AKRON
Seiberling Rubber Company
Medieval inns cleaned by swapping reed floors
Most medieval innkeepers changed their clay floors annually or biannually rather than cleaning them. Reeds were laid on the floor and swept away once dirty, with a fresh covering supplied to renew the surface.
Leathernecks Rescue Infantry From Trap on Korean Front
U S Marines relieved a company of the Army Fifth Regimental Combat Team trapped by North Korean forces on the southern front east of Chinju. Marines scaled walls and fought hilltops to complete the reserve mission as American vehicles moved under fire, with the trapped unit rejoining its battalion after airdrops.
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Tom Lambert
U. S
Korea
Army
Chinju
Chindong
Masan
Chihju
Bridges Bids for Freedom Rejected by District Judge
Harry Bridges, jailed as a Communist agent, seeks freedom before the U S Circuit Court of Appeal after a prior district court setback. About 4,000 CIO Lone Star Union members walk off Hawaii sugar plantations in protest as Bridges remains jailed on a $25 000 bail revocation.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeal
Bridges’ Cio Loneshore Union
Hawaii
Bridges
George B. Harris
Court of Appeal
Sister Talks To Wounded Brother By Long Distance
In Columbus AP report Pfc Harlan Moore 19 said he had been fighting 16 days when shrapnel struck his back while in a Japanese hospital. His sisters Leola Andrasko and Eleanor Moore arranged a long distance call from Ohio to the front to talk for 10 minutes. The call lasted under three hours at about 20 dollars for three minutes.
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Columbus
Harlan Moore
Ohio
Moore
25Th Infantry Division
Leola Andrasko
Andrasko
Eleanor Moore
Lausche backs price controls on wages and prices
Governor Frank J. Lausche in Columbus calls for wage and price controls due to rising costs and ineffective voluntary self control. He argues both wages and prices must be regulated to curb the spiral and cites the need for immediate action.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
New York Banker Released After Embezzlement Sentence
Banbury Conn AP Richard H Crowe a New York banker convicted of eighty three thousand four hundred eighty dollar embezzlement last year left the Federal Correctional Institution after serving twelve months of a three year sentence He became eligible for parole.
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Banbury
Conn
Richard H. Crowe
New York
Federal Correctional Institution
Replace wind shield wiper blade to prevent glass damage
The rubber blade of the wind shield wiper should be replaced when worn to avoid scratching the glass by the metal holder pressing against it.
Idaho hosts vast elk herd amid heavy annual harvest
One of the northwest’s largest elk herds resides in Idaho where hunters killed more than 5000 elk in a single year, underscoring the scale of hunting activity and wildlife management considerations in the region.
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Northwest
Idaho
New Jersey Gas Station Owners Plan Shutdown
Hackensack retailer leader Join Dressler says about 3000 stations will close as New Jersey retailers vote to launch an eight day shutdown beginning tomorrow. The plan follows a price war lowering standard gas by up to five cents a gallon and aims to restore stability in the retail gas field amid industry involvement and official discussions.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Join Dressler
Hackensack
New Jersey Gasoline Retailers Association
State Capitol
American Automobile Association
Dressier
Sun Oil Company
Democrats Buy HQ Building For 1952 Campaign
Washington chairman William M. Boyle Jr announced the Democratic Committee purchased an eight story building at 1733 35 De Sales St N W for about 250000 dollars to serve as main campaign headquarters in the 1952 presidential race.
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Washington
William M. Boyle, Jr
de Sales St. N. W
Pacific Gibraltar Morro Rock rises near San Luis Obispo
Morro Rock, nicknamed the Gibraltar of the Pacific, stands 576 feet tall above a shallow sea lagoon near San Luis Obispo, California. The formation is a prominent landmark and natural feature along the California coast.
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Pacific
Gibraltar
Morro Rock
San Luis Obispo
Calif
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