Probe Reveals Favors at U S Army Arsenal
Detroit July 24 AP congressional committee probed corruption at the Detroit Arsenal and Tank-Automotive Center as a defense contractor testified he did favors for at least 26 employees. Brig Gen David J Crawford admitted using hotel suites provided by manufacturers and shipping trees to his Maryland home, citing propriety concerns and separate business ties. He also admitted to using salvage material for a home boat with oak keel donated by Lebanon Steel Co. Versatile Engineering’s Ken Heavlin described supplying wholesale items to federal workers as goodwill.
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Detroit
Congressional
Army
House
David J. Crawford
Arsenal
Washington
Crawford
Lebanon Steel Co
Ken Heavlin
Continental Foundry and Machine Co
East
Chicago
Ind
Pacific Car and Foundry Co
Seattle
Hardy
Virginia
15 Cent Wage Rise In Year Reported
Washington July 24 AP hourly earnings of factory production workers rose 15 cents in the first year of the Korean war. Weekly earnings including overtime rose to 65.44 dollars, up 6.59 from June 1950 to June 1951. The gain reflects longer work weeks in defense connected industries and nationwide wage rate advances before the January 25 wage stabilization order. The average work week also increased by about 0.5 hours to 40.8 hours.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Denise Darcel Serves Husband With Separation Papers
Actress Denise Darcel has served legal separation papers on her estranged husband Peter Crosby in New York. The papers allege cruel and inhuman treatment. Crosby was reportedly escorted from Darcel’s hotel room by police after a night in question.
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Darcel
New York
INS
Denise Darcel
Washington
Peter Crosby
Joseph Shalleck
Cholly Knickerbocker
Denise
France
Jane Russell
Crosby
Senate Passes Measure For Plane Guide Control
The Senate voted to grant the President new powers to regulate electric devices whose radiations could guide enemy planes if national security requires. The bill targets devices emitting 10 kilocycles to 100,000 megacycles that could serve as navigation aids beyond five miles. The commerce committee shortened the draft to avoid broad controls feared by industry, removing provisions that could have covered electric razors and neon signs.
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Washington
Senate
House
Commerce Committee
Defense Department
Veteran Boston artist Ed Payne on Vermont vacation
Woodstock Vermont reports Ed Payne the R1 year old Boston newspaper comic strip artist vacationing with his 101 year old mother in town.
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Woodstock
Ed Payne
Boston
Spring Chickens Plant Near Salisbury Opens
80 000 spring chickens weekly are the production goal at a new plant near Salisbury Maryland started by veteran east shore poultrymen and Armour and company. The facility has 17 houses with 40 000 capacity each and on site dressing, de feathering, eviscerating and packing lines. fully integrated from egg procurement to final marketing.
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Salisbury
East Shore Poultrymen and Armour and Company
Ing
Kauer Backs Turnpike Plan In Ohio Endorsement
Ohio highway director T J Kauer endorsed engineer reports on the proposed Ohio Turnpike and urged adoption of a transposed traffic flow. He said the first leg Perrysburg to Toledo could open by January 1 1953 and noted a reduced construction estimate after cutting an interchange in Williams County.
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Columbus
T. J. Kauer
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Commission
Perrysburg
Toledo
Kauer
Ohio
Williams County
Germany's G. I. Romeo Guarded After Release
Homer Cook, the former G I Romeo jailed in Germany for illegal entry and jail breaking, was released from Straubing prison after a good conduct reduction. He is to be expelled from the country and the U S Army placed him in protective custody at a secret location near Munich until departure.
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Munich
Germany
U.S
Homer Cook
G.I. Romeo
Muskogee
Okla
Cook
Straubing
Woman Doctor Treats Injured Workmen High on Platform
On a swaying crane 75 feet above the Owl's Head plant in Brooklyn a female physician Dr. Lubov Elias and Patrolman Thomas Coohill steadied two unconscious workers lashed to a platform. Walter Hamilton 55 of Manhattan was in critical condition at Kings County Hospital. Harry Smith 45 of Ridgewood not admitted.
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New York
Lubov Elias
Norwegian Hospital
Brooklyn
Walter Hamilton
Manhattan
Kings County Hospital
Harry Smith
Ridgewood
Queens
Thomas Coohill
Joseph Kovatch
Trumbull Names New School Superintendent
Frederick Louys 47 formerly Sidney Ohio superintendent has been named Trumbull County school chief by the county board to succeed John Berg retiring after 27 years. The appointment becomes effective October 1 with a annual salary of 7200 dollars.
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Warren
Frederick Louys
Sidney
Trumbull County
County Board of Education
John Berg
Louys
Striker
Ashtabula
Athletic Association
Sewer Line Easement Trial Results in Canton Verdict
A Canton Common Pleas Court jury awarded $1,150 to May B Nave for a sewer easement across her land at 327 Mill Road SE used for a trunk line to a new disposal plant. The city had offered $600 formally and $850 informally, both rejected before the two day trial ends.
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Canton
Nave
Mill Rd
Common Pleas Court
D. Deane McLaughlin
Looted shelter items valued at 156 dollars reported
Harold Smith of 2921 Regent Ave NE reported to the sheriff's office on Monday that items valued at 156 dollars were stolen from a shelter and his home last week. The loot included a kerosene heater and tank a fan a pair of roller skates two boxes of assorted tools a set of sealed beam headlights and a posthole digger.
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Harold Smith
Regent Ave NE
Sheriff's Office
Ike Names Korea Hero To Allied Army Parley
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower names Brig. Gen. John J. Michaelis as observer for SHAPE conferences in Paris to form a European army. Michaelis, famed for led UN forces with the 27th RCT, joins Eisenhower’s staff to aid integration of French Italian Belgian Luxembourg forces and newly formed West German units.
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Ike
Korea
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
John J
Mike) Michaelis
Michaelis
United Nations
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers In Europe
S.H.A.P.E
France
Italy
Belgium
Luxemburg
West Germany
Radio Setup To Aid Ohio Highway Department
In Ashtabula County the Ohio Highway Department will use a radio system to summon workers to posts when snow starts falling. Chief Engineer C W McCaughey says a land station at Ashtabula and 18 mobile two way units are ready for winter. The station will be operated experimentally to assess cost justification.
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Columbus
Ohio Highway Department
Ashtabula County
C. W. McCaughey
Ashtabula
Distinguishing toads and frogs by skin texture
Toads are land animals with dry bumpy skin while frogs are aquatic with smooth moist skin.
Refusal to testify cannot revoke reserve commissions
In Baltimore on July 24 AP reports a Defense Department spokesman said refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist ties is not by itself grounds to cancel reserve commissions. The Navy reviews Wertheimer and the Army checks Shub while the Maryland American Legion calls to strip officers who refuse to testify.
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Baltimore
Defense Department
Baltimore Reserve
Maryland Committee For Peace
House un-American Activities Committee
Navy
Wertheimer
Army
Shub
Maryland Department of the American Legion
Stolen hubcaps and vandalism report scattered across city
Police logs detail multiple incidents including two hubcaps stolen from Marvin Coleman’s car on 37th Street NW and four hubcaps taken from Robert Fenstemaker’s car at Meyers Lake park. A door handle was broken from Paul Formet’s car in the Hercules Motors Co. lot, a window was broken at Milton Schindler’s residence, and William Slutz reports his 1937 Buick smeared with silver paint at a village service station. An ice cream theft from Anglemont dairy store near Route 241 north of McDonalds ville is also noted.
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Marvin Coleman
St NW
Mahoning Rd
Paul Formet
Louisiana Ave NW
Hercules Motors Co
Market Ave S
William A. Slutz
East Sparta
Robert Fenstemaker
Broad Ave NW
Meyers Lake Park
Anglemont Dairy
Aaron Bower
RD 7
North Canton
Route 241
McDonaldsville
Rhee Presses Unification of Korea in Pusan Speech
In Pusan on the third anniversary of his presidency, Syngman Rhee urged complete unification or death and criticized UN plans for a cease-fire along the 38th parallel. Premier John Chang and Parliamentary Chairman P. H. Shinicky praised him as he announced the Korean Medal of Military Merit to Commodore Kai Hammerich for the Jutlandia’s service.
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Pusan
Korea
INS
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
United Nations
North Korea
Republic of Korea
Rhee
John Chang
P. H. Shinicky
Kai Hammerich
Copenhagen
Jutlandia
Bill Protects U.S. Employes in Congress Testimony
The Senate approved a bill barring reprisals against military personnel and government employees who testify at congressional investigations. Sponsored by Nixon Taft McCarran and Wherry, the measure would prohibit dismissal or discipline for testimony. The move follows the Truman Denfeld firing and naval aid controversy over bombing strategy. The judiciary committee stated the bill aims to protect truthful testimony without fear of retaliation within the government.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
California
Taft
Ohio
McCarran
Nevada
Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
Louis Denfeld
Senate Judiciary Committee
New Phila protests higher phone rate request by district
New Philadelphia council passed a resolution urging the Ohio Public Utilities Commission to join Dover in protesting the Ohio Associated Telephone Co rate increase. Mayor Stucky and Dover Solicitor Streb said city officials will file formal objections once notified, arguing service here is inadequate and noting Canton rates are $1 lower.
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Philadelphia
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
Philadelphia-Dover Exchange
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Dover
Harry Stucky
Joseph Streb
Charles Miller
PACO
Streb
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Canton
Ohio Associated
Oklahoma A and M meat lab houses fats and rendering facilities
The meat laboratory at Oklahoma A. and M. college contains a refrigeration system, a hot water system, and facilities for rendering lard as well as preparing fats hides and oil.
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Oklahoma A. and M. College
U N Seizes Initiative in Korean Cease Fire Talks
In Kaesong and later, United Nations gains the initiative in Korea cease fire discussions. Tur ner Joy signals to the Reds to drop foreign troop withdrawal and pursue agreed topics. Reds debate whether to accept the pause on withdrawal or risk renewed discord.
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C. Turner Joy
U.N
Joy
Korea
38 Head of Texas Cattle Die Poison Gas Suspected
AMARILLO Texas July 24 AP 38 head of Sam Whaleford cattle died within 24 hours on a Sherman County ranch valued at 12000. Bodies scattered near an old gas well. Dr Charles Thompson said tests are inconclusive and further organ tests will be done on five cattle. Gas fumes are suspected but lack of enclosed space confinement is noted.
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Texas
Amarillo, Tex
Sam Whaleford
Walford
Sherman County
Charles Thompson
Dalhart
Dallas Chemical Laboratory
Thompson
Amarillo
Employer Rights Upheld by Court
The Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago reversed an NLRB ruling ordering the Illinois Liquor Control Association to pay back pay up to 400000 to AFL Liquor and Wine Salesmen's Union members. It held that employers may exert economic pressure during strikes as a corollary of a union's right to strike.
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Chicago
INS
Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Illinois Liquor Control Association
A.F.L. Liquor and Wine Salesmen’s Union
Great Lakes vessels move record ore tonnage in week
The Lake Superior Iron Ore Association reports Great Lakes vessels moved 3,196,323 tons of ore last week, the highest this season. The seasonal total reaches 41,820,944 tons, compared with 30,708,952 a year ago for the same period.
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Cleveland
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association
Great Lakes
Hog habits and mud cooling myths debunked
The article argues hogs are not filthy by nature. Hogs gorge like other animals and people, and mud play helps regulate temperature and remove excess oil from their skin.
Carpenter Resigns as Canton Y M C A Executive Secretary
Melvin M Carpenter resigns as executive secretary of the Northeast Canton Y M C A to become general secretary of the Annapolis Y M C A starting Sept 1. He will be replaced at once. Carpenter, a New Philadelphia High School and Muskingum College alum, has a history in sports and YMCA leadership, including roles at North Canton and Central branches and service in the army.
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Paul M. Schmucker
Canton
Y.Y.M.C.A
Northeast
Melvin M. Carpenter
Carpenter
Y.M.C.A
Annapolis
New Philadelphia High School
Muskingum College
Middlebranch
North Canton
Central
Beebe Ohio Publisher and Postmaster Dies at 71
MOUNT GILEAD Ohio July 24 AP Carl Vorhies Beebe former postmaster and publisher of the Mount Gilead Union died yesterday at age 71.
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Beebe
Ohio
Mount Gilead. O
Carl Vorhies Beebe
The
Mount Gilead Union
School Board Seeks Two Bus Drivers at Rock School
Clerk Robert Clarke of Rush Township board of education announced bids to hire two school bus drivers will be received at Rock School on August 3 at 8 30 p m East and West Time.
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NEW Philadephia
Robert Clarke
Rush Township Board of Education Today
Rock School
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Owl's Head
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Julius Shub
Army Reserve
Gunther Wertheier
Johns Hopkins University
Navy Reservist
Milton M. Schindler
McKinley Ave
New Phila
Reds
Kaesong
Matthew B. Ridgway
Fellows
Melvin Carpenter
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