Pageant Idea Definite For American Day
Middletown will feature an historical pageant as a main event for I Am An American Day in May. Judge Fred B. Cramer, general chairman, announced the plan and said J. D. Munsey of John B. Rodgers Co. will join the steering committee meeting on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The pageant aims to depict the historical development of a typical small American city.
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Middletown
Fred B
Columbus
Ohio
Youngstown
Frank J. Lausche
Petersburg
T. J. Kaver
Committee weighs pageant as speaker plans advance
A special committee led by J. Wylie Mitchell and E. A. Lampe was tasked weeks ago to study staging a pageant. Cramer said a prominent speaker is yet to be engaged, but efforts are ongoing.
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J. Wylie Mitchell
E. A. Lampe
Cramer
Stick-Up Pair Rated Amateur By Policemen
Columbus AP reports two men who robbed Kirkersville Savings Bank were labeled amateurs by police after escaping with 180 dollars just before opening. The pair fled with a time lock restricting access and outran a police roadblock, with one bandit forcing the treasurer inside to open the vault door.
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Columbus
Kirkersville Savings Bank
Kirkersville
Arrow Order Plans Explorer Camporee
The Order of the Arrow Mound Builders Aero Council met in the Boy Scout office to outline a May Explorer Camporee and a June area meeting at Camp Hook. Chief Larry Sullivan called a special meeting for next Sunday to finalize plans, with refreshments to be served.
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Order of the Arrow of the Mound Builders Aero Council
Boy Scout Office
Camp Hook
Larry Sullivan
Brotherhood of Honor
McCarthy Sits as Browder Defense Witness
Senator McCarthy testified as Browder’s sole witness in the case over Browder’s refusal to answer questions before a Senate subcommittee. Judge Letts promised a ruling the next morning on whether Browder improperly declined to answer, while Browder conducts his own defense.
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Washington
Earl Browder
American Communist Party
Senate Foreign Relations
F. Dickinson Letts
Browder
McCarthy
Tydings
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Letts
Tough Job Ahead for Street Repairs After Winter Damage
Lester Simmons assistant superintendent of streets says a tough job lies ahead as winter damage delays repair. He notes Wycoff Street sections suffer from deep frost boils and have been torn to the base with gravel added as the initial repair step while William Shawhan, the superintendent, oversees ongoing work and earlier reports of repairs following noticed damage.
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Lester Simmons
William Shawhan
Simmons
Shawhan
Wycoff St
Communists Win Fifteen Day Delay On Registration
The Communist party wins a 15 day injunction delaying registration with the government in a Washington AP report. The ruling allows continued operation as the legal process proceeds amid ongoing debate over party status and regulatory requirements.
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Washington
Communist Party
Three-judge Court Allows Communist Party to Seek Supreme Court
A special three-judge federal court granted an injunction enabling the Communist Party to pursue its case to the Supreme Court after earlier denying a halt to registration proceedings. The panel noted the McCarran Act, or Internal Security Law of 1950, requires registration and a membership list to be filed with the Justice Department.
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Supreme Court
Th Subversive Activities Control Board
McCarran
Communist Party
Justice Department
Firestone backs aid program for poor nations
Akron based Harvey S. Firestone Jr, chairman of Firestone Tire, backs the International Development Advisory Board plan presented to President Truman. He says military strength is needed, but the free world must lead an economic offensive to end hunger, poverty, illiteracy, and disease, urging US partnership and self help rather than large giveaways.
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AKRON
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Truman
International Development Advisory Board
Firestone
Nelson Rockefeller
Free World
United States
Barry Fitzgerald Wins 1951 Irish Oscar Honor
The Ancient Order of Hibernians announced that Barry Fitzgerald won the 1951 Irish Oscar, the order’s annual film award, after United States and Canada balloting. The statuette depicts St Patrick and honors Fitzgerald for his screen work.
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LOS Angeles
Barry Fitzgerald
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
United States
Canada
Fitzgerald
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