Senators Outline Plan For Action In Ship Deals
Senate Investigations Subcommittee urged bold steps after finding profits in ship deals tied to Newbold Morris and Joseph E. Casey. The panel demanded seizure of oil tankers, tax recovery, closing a loophole benefiting China International Foundation, and scrutiny of the old Maritime Commission. The cases involve alleged fraud and mismanagement and cross border schemes.
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Washington
Senate
Justice Department
Newbold Morris
Joseph E. Casey
de Casey
Massachusetts
U. S
Senate Investgations
Casey
Internal Revenue Bureau
Subcommittee
Casey Group
Congress
China International Foundation, Inc
Morris
China International
Maritime Commission
Red China
Truman Fights Plan To Prune WSB Powers
President Truman urged the Senate to strip Wage Stabilization Board powers as it debated extending wage and price controls to March 1. He warned against government dictation of wages and bargaining. The move followed WSB terms for steel sector talks that led to Truman seizing the mills after industry rejected them.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Wage Stabilization Board
Barkley
WSB
CIO Steelworkers Union
Truce Talks Still Going In Circles
In Panmunjom United Nations chief truce delegate Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr accuses the Communists of stalling an armistice due to disappointment over few Red POWs wanting repatriation. He notes about 100000 of 169000 detained are unwilling to return and calls for a recess to reconsider the demand for all prisoners. The Reds push for another meeting at 01 a.m. tomorrow.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison Jr
Harrison
Elder Thor Test Still Not Clear in Ohio Delegation
The Trumbull County elections board found an error altering the delegate at large result for the Democratic national convention. The count now shows John E. Elder of Cleveland Heights as the delegate, not William R. Thor of Canton, after a recheck revealed 3 681 miscounted votes due to an uncleared adding machine.
Mother Of Baby Killed By Rats Sentenced In Ohio
In Mansfield Ohio widow Mrs Jean Gieseman 33 was sentenced to one year in the Tone Workhouse on a neglect charge for her infant daughter Karen who died after a rat bite. Judge Stuart Cramer suspended six months of the term and placed the probation at three years while Mrs Gieseman’s four other children were placed in welfare custody. The court heard the house had been sealed and poisoned for three days after the death with several dead rats found.
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Karen
Russell picks Johnson to run his campaign
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia appointed Senator Ed Johnson of Colorado to manage his campaign for the presidential nomination. The Rocky Mountain state appointee underscores Russell’s claim that his bid is national in scope.
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Russell
Johnson
Washington
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Edwin %. Johnson
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Soviets Recall Envoy from London to Moscow
The Russian Em announced Georgi, the Soviet ambassador in London, has been recalled to Moscow to take up a new post. There was no mention of his successor.
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London
Georgi
Moscow
Pastor Ivie’s 39thDay Fast Draws Church Scrutiny
The Rev J J Ivie of Cherryville Missouri enters the 39th day of a self imposed fast begun April 20 weighing about 120 pounds and relying on water occasionally He vows to continue until a world religious awakening or death ends it Officials from the Assembly of God headquarters in Springfield plan a visit to assess the situation Ivie says he has signed a protective letter for his family and banned physicians from his home The Steelville pastor said Ivie appeared rational but the church disapproves of sustained fasting that harms the body.
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Cherryville
Assembly of God Church
Ozark
J. J. Ivie
Ivie
David Hastie
H. K. Lawson
Springfield
Lawson
J. P. Myers
Steelville
Fleischmann Sees Russia Lagging as U S Boom Ends
Washington production chief Manly Fleischmann at a farewell news conference warned that the idea the United States cannot sustain mobilization is fantastic. He predicted the U S will surpass Russia in jet plane output early next year and said the nation is on the eve of very high military production. He cited complacency in Congress and the nation, and U S shortages in military alloying metals as top mobilization problems.
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Washington
Manly Fleischmann
Russia
Fleischmann
U. S
Congress
U.S
Government Lifts Air Gas Limits
Washington reports that at 3 01 Eastern Time next Tuesday morning the government will lift restrictions on gasoline use for commercial and private flight. Secretary Oscar Chapman signed the order restoring normal air fuel limits late last night.
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Washington
Oscar Chapman
McCarran Committee Okays New Amendment
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a constitutional amendment proposed by Sen. McCarran to forbid presidential seizure of private property except under specific laws by Congress. The move follows outrage over President Truman's steel industry seizure to avert a strike, and would settle questions about seizure powers.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Sen
McCarran
D-New
Truman
Spanish trolley crashes from bridge killing dozens
Madrid authorities report an over crowded streetcar plunged 85 feet from the Toledo Bridge on Wednesday night. At least 30 people died and about 50 were seriously injured along the river bank.
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Madrid
Spain
Toledo
Reformatory Expands with 120-Bed Hospital Addition
Mansfield state welfare director John H. Lamneck dedicated a new 120 bed hospital addition to the Mansfield Reformatory on Wednesday, marking a significant upgrade in inmate care and facilities.
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Reformatory
Mansfield State Welfare
John H. Lamneck
Mansfield Reformatory
Scranton Fire Destroys Businesses On Wyoming Ave
A morning blaze along Wyoming Avenue in Scranton destroyed three stores and damaged at least four more. Eighteen city fire units fought the flames for about five hours starting 12 30 a m. Damage estimated near one million dollars with 15 firefighters hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Hotel Plaza guests evacuated as Ritz Hotel also affected.
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Scranton
Wyoming Ave
Hotel Plaza
Ritz
News Handling By Government Under Check
Sen. Blair Moody chairs an anti censorship subcommittee asking all departments for rules on classifying information and procedures to remove secrecy tags. The inquiry reviews Truman’s Sept. 24 executive order directing agencies to mark documents as secret confidential or restricted for national security. Replies are requested by next Thursday.
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Washington
Blair Moody
D-Mich
Truman
Moody
AF General Dies In Crash
Brig. Gen. Aaron W. Tyer vice commander of the Japan Air Defense Force was killed when his F94 Starfire jet crashed after takeoff near Komaki Air Base in Central Honshu. Capt. E. R. Crane of Wichita Kansas also died in the same incident. Tyer, 40, was a two time World War II veteran and the first Air Force general killed in the Far East since the Pacific War.
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Tokyo
Aaron W. Tyer
Japan Air Defense Force
Air Force
Tyer
E. R. Crane
Wichita
Kan
Korea
Komaki Air Base
Honshu
Far East
Two Industrial Accidents Here Are Not Serious
Two men were treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital after early morning injuries. Clyde King 18 of 1713 Yankee Rd. cut his knee at Aeronca Manufacturing. H T Ervin 33 of Franklin Route 1 cut a finger at Shartle Brothers.
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Middletown
Clyde King
Yankee Rd
Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation
H. T. Ervin
Franklin
Shartle Brothers Company
Lancaster City Votes Emergency Tax for 0.5 Percent Income Levy
Lancaster City Council unanimously approved an emergency measure to levy a one half of one percent city income tax. The tax runs until December 31 1955 when renewal will be decided by referendum to bolster the general fund and retire debts and overdrafts.
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Lancaster
Coal Cars Derailed at Delaware Ashley Siding
Four empty coal cars of a 61 car New York Central freight train derailed Wednesday night at a siding near Ashley Delaware. No injuries reported and cause of derailment is listed as unknown.
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Delaware O
New York Central
Ashley
Taft Seeks Ohio Delegation Support In Columbus Meeting
Sen. Robert A. Taft flew to Columbus to address Ohio delegates pledged to him for president. The 56 member delegation will pick a chairman and possibly name national committee members. Bricker, Taft delegate-at-large, is seen as likely chairman. Taft claims over 500 pledged delegates and near the 603 needed, excluding 28 uncommitted Texas delegates.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Washington
Ohio
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Taft
GOP
Texas
Rep
George Bender
Cleveland
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
Bender
DiSalle
County Considers 49 TB Rooms at Hughes Memorial
Butler County officials propose contracting 49 rooms at the new Eugene Hughes Memorial Hospital in Hamilton for tuberculosis care at $9 per day per room. Annual cost would be about $160,015 with state reimbursement of $2.50 daily per room. remaining funds from the tuberculosis levy. All current patients would move to Hughes after July 1. Highes Hospital will provide 90 rooms.
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County
New Hughes Hospital
Butler County
Eugene Hughes Memorial Hospital
Hamilton
Arthur Reiff
Gordon Auggspurger
Mercy Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Hughes Hospital
Highes Hospital
Reiff
Augspurger
Lima arrests youths after high speed chase from Muncie
Two Portland Indiana youths Don McFadden age 17 and Melvyn Likens age 16 were arrested in Lima after a chase through Muncie at about 100 mph. They admitted a spree starting April 29 including car thefts and five burglaries in Portland. They fled via Indianapolis Louisville and returned to Portland before ending in Lima where police found them asleep in the stolen car.
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Lima
Portland
Ind
Muncie
Don McFadden
Melvyn Likens
Indiana
Ellis Vandermark
Harold Baker
Likens
California
Indianapolis
Louisville
Traffic Changes Recommended By Council Division
The Middletown Safety Council traffic division recommends moving the Clayton and Charles bus stop in front of Albers supermarket to improve traffic flow and lane clearance. It also suggests extending the no parking zone north of Central Ave on Grimes St to aid turning and extending bare cab space at a narrow point to prevent turning car backlogs. Two street repair plans, Yankee Rd approach from Curtis St and West Manchester Ave to Clark St, were approved for resurfacing to improve vehicle control at intersections.
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State Patrol
Cpl. O. J. Simmons
Hamilton
Clayton
Charles
Albers
Howard White
Central Ave
Grimes St
Police Department
White
Yankee Rd
Curtis St
West Manchester Ave
Clark St
The
Safety Council Board of Control
City Commission
Farmers Back Peace Through Plenty Plan
Ohio Farm Bureau representatives gathered for a luncheon to discuss a peace through plenty program. John W. Sims said wartime hunger fuels communism and that helping other nations produce food and clothing can reduce conflict. They plan to meet with congressmen during a two day visit.
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Washington
Ohio
John W. Sims
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio Farm Bureau
Sims
Eohippus Fossil Horse Described As Fox-Sized
The earliest known horse ancestor, the eohippus, measured roughly the size of a fox. It marks the initial stage in the evolutionary lineage that would lead to modern horses. Fossil finds illuminate its small build and forelimb structure.
Chautauqua Opens Season Memorial Day
The Miami Valley Chautauqua starts its 56th summer season on Memorial Day May 30 with open resort facilities. Norman W. Vine becomes general manager. New Cabotel Court units join the lineup along with a rebuilt Kiddieland and a swimming pool. Key staff include Miss Beryl Orr Miss Helen Bates and Miss Barbara Schueller with Miss Clara Mae Yorgen heading publications.
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Chautauqua
Miami Valley Chautauqua
Norman W. Vine
Dayton
Valley Playground
Jack
Monroe Little Theater Group
Antioch Shrine Chanters
Middletown Chapter of
Barbershop Quartette Singers
Miamisburg Theater Group
Tatterman Marionettes
Cabotel Court
Resorts
Kiddieland
Beryl Orr
A. E. Minnich
Helen Bates
Barbara Schueller
Clara Mae Yorgen
Warren Draft Hits New Low
Lebanon county draft officials report a new low in June calls for armed forces exams and induction. Two men will report for induction on June 26 and seven for pre induction physicals on June 23, the smallest numbers since Korea began. Six men will report in Cincinnati for induction today: Charlie Hall Morrow Carl Ogans Joseph Arkel Franklin Everett Richardson South Lebanon John Githens Waynesville and Robert Burton Lebanon. Nine men reported for physicals on Monday.
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Lebanon
Marjorie Revenaugh
Armed Forces
Cincinnati
Charlie Hall
Morrow
Carl Ogans
Joseph Arkel
Franklin
Everett Richardson
South Lebanon
John Githens
Waynesville
Robert Burton
Marker Estate Brings $10,000 At Public Sale
The estate of the late Thomas Marker sold property for a total of $40,200. Ralph and Dale Harris bought a farm east of Eaton for $25,500, Mr and Mrs Frank White acquired a North Maple street house for $7,150, and Mr and Mrs Orval Kritzline purchased an East Somers street residence for $77 550. The sale occurred at the courthouse door, conducted by Eaton auctioneers L G Reitz and Horace Kramer Jr, with Orange Market and Myrtle Swihart named as administrators.
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Eaton
Thomas Marker
Thurston Bittle
Ralph and Dale Harris
North Maple Street
Frank White
East Somers Street
Orval Kritzline
Mackinac Island Hosts World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament
Delegates from the free world arrived at Mackinac Island Mich for the annual World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament. The gathering brings international participants to the famous resort for the conference.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Free World
World Assembly For
LeSourdsville Valley Press Meet Set With Ladies Night
The Miami Valley Press Association will meet Friday evening June 6 at Le Sourdesville Lake near Middletown hosted by Doff Darey. Dinner starts at 6 30 p m with officers to be elected and Ollie James of the Cincinnati Enquirer as speaker.
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Ollie James
Cincinnati Enquirer
Valley
Warren County Court News Quiet title suits and pleas filed
New suits include Hattie Bach and Emanuel Bach versus The City of Franklin to quiet title and divorce actions such as Martha Marie Hopkins versus James Hopkins. Common Pleas lists title quieting actions, administratorships, appeals, and multiple State of Ohio criminal pleas with varied bonds and trial dates. Real estate transfers include Ada Smith to Dallas and Irene Lamb and several other parcel changes in Wayne and Deerfield Townships.
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Hattie Bach
Emanuel Bach
Franklin
Martha Marie Hopkins
James Hopkins
Common Pleas Court
Joseph H. Shambaugh
Margaret Burge
Luther Whitt
William Whitt
Corrine C. Blair
Edward Blair
Gertrude Henry
Margaret W. Edwards
T. J Kauer
Dessie Lewis
William E. Lewis
State of Ohio
Jess Allford
William E Albertson
Richard A Newton
John Buckmaster
Donald Mullins
John Everett Sparks
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Lawrence W Hopkins
Donald Rockwell
Mildred Steele
Loren Steele
Dorothy Ruth Marksbury
Hubert Wallace Marksbury
Fendant
Fred Kindred
Robert Kindred
Alfred J. Deger
Alma_ S. Deger
Ada Smith
Dallas
Irene Lamb
Wayne
Albert L. Ertel
Charles
Pauline Calvert
Deerfield
Jesse Mentz
Millvard
Ethel Mae Wilmuth
Lebanon Stores Shut On Holiday
In observance of Memorial Day Lebanon business places and food markets will be closed all day Friday. Kenneth Oswald, president of the Chamber of Commerce, said markets that stayed open Friday night until 9 will close at 4 on Thursday night. The bank, loans, courthouse, library and village offices will close, and the post office will be closed all day with one mail dispatch in the forenoon.
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Lebanon
Kenneth Oswald
Chars of Commerce
Oswald
C. Stanley Earnhart
Radioactive Radium Tale Sparks Dallas Drugstore Chase
In Dallas a man with a geiger counter alerted officers to a drugstore raid after the device reacted wildly near employee Viola Hill. Hill claimed her recent radium treatment makes her radioactive, quipping the needle spins around her.
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Dallas
Tex
Viola Hill
Greta Goes Green at St Matthew's Church Sign
Caretakers at St Matthew's Church in Buffalo post a humorous sign urging visitors to stay off the grass with the slogan Go away I wanna be a lawn marking a lighthearted curb on lawn use during a keep off season.
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Greta
Buffalo
N.Y. P
St. Matthew's Church
Local Bridge Club Hosts and Dinner Gatherings
Lebanon residents hosted Two Table Bridge Club at west Mulberry Street with Robin Hamilton winning high score and Wilbur Sherwood second. Wednesday Bridge Club guests included Cecile Bonham from Glendale and dinner at the Golden Lamb before bridge on the Dayton Pike. Top prizes went to Robert King and Jack Jones with Ralph Carey and Holly Taylor taking consolation. Dr and Mrs Harold Rosencrans hosted a Friday dinner on West Orchard Avenue with a group including Charters Maple Meryl Gray Francis Drake Marvin Young and Joe Votaw.
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Marian Willoughby
West Mulberry St
Robin Hamilton
Wilbur Sherwood
William Shorts
Hareley Peck
Cecile Bonham
Glendale
Calif
Golden Lamb
Peck
Dayton Pike
Robert King
Jack Jones
Ralph Carey
Holly Taylor
Harold Rosencrans
West Orchard Ave
Charters Maple
Meryl B. Gray
Francis Drake
Marvin Young
Joe Votaw
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