Seven Dead, Dozens Injured In Boston Harbor Ship Blaze
A fourth Boston Harbor ship fire in 17 days on the Norwegian freighter Black Falcon killed seven men and injured 18 while longshoremen unloaded chemicals in an aft hold near the Leyte. A drum of sodium peroxide near boilers leaked, triggering a violent chemical reaction after flames rose 200 feet. Fire officials suspect improper drum placement. union officials cite regulation violations.
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Dulles Questions Reds Willingness To Talk
Secretary of State Dulles questioned whether world Communist leaders want serious talks on concrete subjects. He cited Panmunjom tactics and Moscow’s lack of response to a Western plan for a foreign ministers meeting on Germany. He also rejected a Spanish bases plan and urged Iran Britain talks to aid an oil settlement. He viewed Rep O Konski's Korea letter as having little impact on relations.
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Funeral Set For Matthias
Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Broad Street Presbyterian Church in Columbus for Edward Shiloh Matthias 80 year old dean of Ohio Supreme Court jurists Judge Matthias died yesterday in a fall from a third floor window at his Columbus home The other six members of the Supreme Court will serve as honorary pallbearers Judge Matthias will be buried in Green Lawn Cemetery here He served 39 years on the Supreme Court bench after earlier service as common pleas judge in Van Wert County from 1904 1914
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Western governors warn Congress over metal mining crisis
Governors from 11 Western states and Hawaii say the metal mining industry faces a wartime risk and calls Congress to act. They cite mine shutdowns, labor unrest, unemployment, and foreign imports threatening national security and production of lead and zinc.
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Dan Thornton
Arizona
Howard Pyle
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Spy case denial from Greenglass counsel
New York attorney O John Rogge denied Senate subcommittee claims that atom spy David Greenglass provided new information on radar espionage. Rogge said Greenglass was cooperative when questioned at Lewisburg federal prison and that FBI had already covered the subjects last Thursday.
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U. S. Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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Subcommittee
Lewisburg
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Joseph R. McCarthy
R—Wis
GOP and Dems Battle In Tight Election Outlook
As voters head to the polls in New Jersey Virginia and New York the presidential influence colors the races. Paul Troast Theodore Dalton Harold Riegelman lead with Eisenhower backing their bids while Democrats rely on Byrd strength and local loyalties. Wagner Halley contend for the New York mayoral seat.
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Robert B. Meyner
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Benson says farm prices may fall again next year
Secretary Benson told the Southern Governors Conference in Hot Springs that farm prices and costs could dip, though he noted the retreat in farm incomes may have been halted. He said next year could see slight declines in prices and costs while urging states to share more farm responsibilities amid GOP concerns over funding.
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Two New Leads In Sitter Case At Lacrosse
Lacrosse Wisconsin police awaited lab results on two leads in the Evelyn Hartley disappearance from October 24. Investigators examined a tissue mass with seven ribs and a pelvis found near Highway 33 and bloodstains in an auto in Minneapolis, both linked to the search.
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Anderson says Benson will be sorry over regional soil offices closure
Former Agriculture Secretary Anderson of New Mexico criticizes the plan to close regional soil conservation offices. He argues the offices were the spark plugs of the soil conservation program and predicts time will prove the decision misguided.
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UN Delegates Prepare for Full Debates on Korean Atrocities
United States moves to bring charges of Communist atrocities in Korea before a General Assembly plenary session. Army photographs and documents are cited as evidence of torture and killings. The steer ing committee approved the proposal 14 to 2 after Soviet bloc opposition. The Soviets likely to attempt to block the agenda again, though broad support seems unlikely.
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Reese offered Dodger Reins
Pi Pi Pee Reese admitted today he had been felt out on the job of managing the Brooklyn Dodgers He said he wanted to discuss the indirect offer with his wife before making a final decision He does not want to jeopardize his standing with the Dodgers but also does not want to disrupt his family life with a move
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Ohio Fuel Gas to Approve 981 More Heating Applications
Gas officials in Columbus announce 981 additional applications for gas house heating will be approved in Ohio this year, bringing the total for 1950 to 31,249 applications.
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Ohio Urged As A Reactor Site
Rep Polk of Ohio urged the government to locate its first full scale atomic reactor near the Pike County Ohio plant under construction. He argued labor at the Ohio project outperformed Oak Ridge Tennessee and Paducah Kentucky and noted the plan's cost would run tens of millions of dollars.
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Marshall Reported In Good Condition
Gen. George C. Marshall, 72, in Walter Reed Army Medical Center with an inflamed right lung after a flu attack. He was flown from his Pinehurst, North Carolina winter home. His condition was described as improved yesterday and unchanged last night.
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Plan For All or Nothing Kore an Peace Talks
AP dispatch from PANMUNJOM reports U S envoy Arthur Dean proposing an all or nothing approach to a Korean peace conference. He urged discussing all issues from both sides with no final agreement until both sides agree, offering to debate invitee composition after broader talks. Reds disputed, then promised to study overnight as UN authorized Dean only to set time and place for talks. Reds demanded neutal seats before venue. Dean suggested Dec 1 or four weeks after preliminaries. They paused for 30 minutes to consider.
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Queen Elizabeth II Opens Parliament Warns on World Peace Goals
London Queen Elizabeth II opened the fall session pledging to mobilize the British Commonwealth for world peace. She outlined Churchill government aims including an early Big Four meeting, strengthening NATO, an Austrian independence treaty, German unity talks with France and the United States, and restoring relations with Iran.
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Solon Probes Army Finance Practices In Hearings
Senator Flanders criticized the Army for keeping a military officer as comptroller and chief financial officer. He said the Pentagon spending process seemed most un businesslike and ordered Secretary Robert T. Stevens recalled for questioning. Stevens defended the setup with Lt Gen George H Decker at a prior hearing.
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Boy Holds Wound In Head As 12-Year-Old Dies
John Kieselhorst, 16, St Paul, restrained a head wound on companion Martin Larson, 12, Utica, Minn for 20 hours after a .22 rifle discharged during squirrel hunting in heavy woods near Utica. Larson died later in hospital. AP Wirephoto.
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Prisoners Reject Communism in 96 Percent Play
PANMUNJOM AP Prisoners of war from Korea resisted Communist indoctrination with a 96 percent rejection rate in interviews. Of 483 interviewed, only 17 pledged to return to North Korea. POWs taunted interviewers with roars, songs, and anti Communist slogans while a Chinese and Korean interview schedule continued.
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Panmunjom
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Reds Claim Many Types Of A-Bombs
A Moscow radio broadcast summarized Soviet science achievements by Academician S I Voitskevich claiming scientists created several types of atomic and hydrogen bombs. It said joint work across physics chemistry and petrology solved key weapon secrets and asserted a stand against atomic weapon use while pursuing peaceful nuclear energy for the people.
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Moscow Radio
Moscow
S. I. Voitskevich
Nobel prizes hint from Stockholm paper
The Stockholm newspaper Afton-Tidningen says this year's Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry will go to Dutch physicist Prof. Frederik Derlike of Groningen and German chemist Prof. Hermann Staudinger of Strasbourg University.
Middletown Election Slow Early as 19 Precincts Report 1153 Votes
At 10 a.m. in Middletown 19 precincts of 45 reported 1153 ballots cast from 7269 eligible voters. Expected final total near 9100 to 9100, with 16,684 eligible citywide. Lemon Township and Madison Township voting light. city race involves two City Commissioners, three school board members, a municipal judge, and a two mill levy for teachers salaries. Straw polls show close contest among Board of Education candidates Jack Christy Harry Hadley and Howard Stalker, and incumbents Lloyd Miller and Arthur Sanderson leading for City Commission seats.
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Howard Stalker
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Arthur Sanderson
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Sanderson
William Denham
Britt Kendrick
Sam Redding
Reuben Doty
Middletown Weather Through November 3, 1951
The day brought extreme cold with a 16 degree low as winter arrived in Middletown. Motorists sought antifreeze while forecasts warned of ice and snow with below freezing. later, the Miami Valley expected partly cloudy, cooler weather and a return to fair conditions midweek. The Associated Press forecast for Ohio called for above normal temperatures Wednesday to Sunday, with normal highs and lows noted. Highest temp yesterday reached 72, and the day’s low fell to 30 after a 40 low at 6 am.
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