Senator Opposes Concentration of Arms Production
Senator Richard B. Russell warns against concentrating arms production in fewer plants as Defense Secretary Wilson reportedly favors. He argues such moves risk sabotage and false security, urging continuation of broad mobilization and diverse production. Senator Homer Ferguson defends the Wilson plan.
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Washington
U.P
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
George C. Marshall
Defense Secretary
Truman
U.S
Wilson
United States
Korea
Sen
Homer . Ferguson
R-Mich
Lovett Testifies on Korean Ammunition Shortages Probe
Former Defense Secretary Robert Lovett tells Senate subcommittee that Korean ammo shortages were partly unsatisfactory but notes more ammunition in Korea by December 1952 than Europe in 1944. He cites manpower as worst and highlights the large supply differences and conflicting Pentagon records with Gen. Van Fleet’s account.
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Washington
W.A
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
Korea
Europe
Normandy
Senate
Armed Services
Defense Department
James. A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Elyria High Seniors Take State Scholarship Tests
Fifty six Elyria High School seniors took the Ohio State Scholarship Test under the direction of C. B. Smith. Students chose from American history English social studies chemistry physics French Spanish and advanced mathematics. Senior social studies test was prepared by Elyria teachers Lloyd Hennings E G Baxter and Allyn S Rose.
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Elyria High School
8. C. Smith
Elyria’s
Elyria
Lloyd Hennings
E. G. Baxter
Allyn S. Rose
Western Air Officers Study Soviet Proposal
Soviet Lt General Podgorny proposed to the United States Britain and France measures to prevent a replay of last month’s British bomber shoot down. The four nation air officers’ meeting at Soviet headquarters released a communique with the proposal but no specifics.
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Berlin
Russia
U. S
Britain
France
L D. Podgorny
Weather outlook with showers and mild temps
Weather report notes high near 86 with cloudy skies and showers then a warmer start Thursday. Tonight’s low around 44. Thursday’s range 35 to 89. 24 hour precipitation ending 8 p m Tuesday none. Humidity 91 percent at 8 a m Tuesday, 70 percent at 8 p m. Sunrise 5 36 am Wednesday. Moonrise 2 55 am Wednesday.
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Ganset
Rehearing Denied in O'Leary Perjury Case
The Ohio Supreme Court denied a rehearing for Michael J. O'Leary convicted of perjury. The Lorain County case centered on a Sheffield Lake land sale where a couple sold to Allen for 4000 dollars and Allen later sold to the village for 8000 dollars for a sewage disposal site. O'Leary testified he knew Allen and had done business with him, with the testimony later proven false during an investigation of a city official’s site choice.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Michael J. O'Leary
Ohio Penitentiary
Lorain County
Allen
Casualties Rise 1039 In Week In Korean War Fight
The Defense Department reports 1039 new American casualties in the week of heavy combat around Old Baldy in Korea. Total casualties reach 132,967: 23,577 dead, 96,519 wounded, 9,156 missing, 2,322 captured, and 1,393 previously missing returned to service.
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Washington
Old Baldy
Korea
Defense Department
He _chiet
John C. Daniel
Reds
Dag Hammarskjold Named Next UN Secretary General
Stockholm Sweden financial wizard Dag Hammarskjold heads for New York to succeed Trygve Lie as secretary general of the United Nations. The 47 year old Swedish cabinet minister said in a farewell statement he hoped his new responsibilities would not be obscured by political tasks.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Dag Hammarskj
New York
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Five youths ordered to clean fire houses after false alarm
Meriden Connecticut police court sentenced five youths who pleaded guilty to turning in a false alarm to celebrate a high school basketball victory. Each was ordered to spend 26 Saturdays cleaning up local fire houses.
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Meriden, Conn
Fire destroys Sgt Teplansky quarters at Camp Lejeune
A fire at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina destroyed Sgt. Frank G. Teplansky’s living quarters. He lost all phonograph records except one titled Kiss of Fire.
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Camp Lejeune
N. C
Frank G. Teplansky
Adenauer Urges Moscow to Prove Its Sincerity
In Washington Chancellor Adenauer told reporters at the National Press Club that Moscow must prove its sincerity in peace by freeing more than 300000 Germans behind the Iron Curtain. He warned of an era of uncertainty in Soviet internal and external politics and urged price cuts and amnesty to ease unrest. He added no clear sign of change in Soviet policy thus far.
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Washington
West
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Moscow
Lenin
Adenauer
Club
Grafton Marine Wounded Again in Korea Gaza Battle
Cpl Robert Grega United States Marine Corps wounded in action March 29 for the second time in the Vegas battle with the First Marine Division. He enlisted August 1 1950 trained at Parris Island Camp Lejeune served in the Mediterranean late 1951 into early 1952 then dispatched to Korea arriving December 4.
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Grafton
Robert Grega
Cpl
United States Marine Corps
Vegas
Grega
Parris Island
Lejeune
Mediterranean Sea
Korea
Columbia Board Delays Meeting to April 21
The Columbia Board of Education postpones its regular monthly meeting from April 9 to Tuesday, April 21 at 8 p.m. The delay is due to Superintendent E. F. P. Litzenberg’s absence on a trip to Washington, D C with the senior class.
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Columbia Board of Education
Columbia Schools
E. F P. Litzenberg
Columbia
Washington, D. C
Danner Presses for Senate Probe of Pike Board Operations
Sen. F. Danner urged the Senate Finance Committee to authorize a legislative investigation into the Pike Commission over alleged arbitrarily set specifications for a 241 mile turnpike project. He criticized bid secrecy and noncompetitive contracts while praising safeguards for public interests and the need for relief from the Legislature.
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Columbusue
Fred
Dannner
Oper
Eal
Akron’ _Republican
Danner
Commission
Ohio
Senate
Ite
Gaid
Frank J. Lausche
United States Pushes Long Term NATO Rearmament Plan
The Eisenhower administration plans to urge NATO to drop stop and go military planning for a sustained effort over 10 years or more. Officials say the free world must tailor its rearma ment to a long period of Communist peril with fewer fixed target dates and a steady pace toward current goals.
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Ashington
United States
Eisenhower
Bread theft escalates to poison scare in city
Police search continues after a stolen loaf of bread, allegedly filled with lethal rat poison, was lifted from an exterminator’s truck while the driver was away getting service. The incident prompts a citywide alert as investigators review security footage and track leads.
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Washington
Exterminator Company
Fighting Chance For AFL CIO Merger Seen
A Washington official says there is a fighting chance the AFL and CIO will merge into a single labor group. Leaders Reuther and Meany chaired unity talks yielding a long range plan and a six member sub committee to halt raiding between rival unions.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
House of Labor
Walter P. Reuther
George Meany
Problems Seen For U N In Far East Settlement
Washington observers warn the United Nations faces many difficulties in forging a Far East peace. A three‑front civil war rages in Indo China Korea and China Nationalists vs Communists threaten the talks. President Rhee opposes a truce that would split Korea and some advisers seek to abolish the 38th parallel.
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Washington
United Nations
Far East
China
North Korea
Indo-China
Korea
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
United Nations debates disarming plan amid Soviet West clash
The United Nations General Assembly opened a disarmament debate as Russia signaled limited cooperation while the United States and Britain rejected a half way Soviet proposal seen as stalling the plan. U.S. delegate Ernest A. Gross warned Vishinsky's proposal would nullify years of UN disarmament work. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr reported tentative progress on Panmunjom toward an armistice in Korea. Vishinsky applauded Lodge’s remarks, a rare moment of Soviet approval of an American speech.
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United Nations
Russia
U. S
Britain
Ernest A. Gross
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Andrei
Vishinsky
the. Assembly
Élosé
Panmunjom
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Assembly
Korea
Lodge
India
K. Krishna Menon
Strike By 1000 Men Idle 10000 Steel Workers Halted
Youngstown report says 1000 railroad men strike on the Youngstown and Northern belt line. U S Steel closes McDonald and Ohio Works with 4000 and 6000 workers set to idle within 48 hours. Rail tr ained sought to open contract talks now rather than Oct 1 as per agreement.
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Youngstown
United States Steel
U.S. Steel
McDonald and Ohio
McDonald
Ohio
Brotherhood of Railroad
Steel Firms Expect Peaceful Wage Pact
The Iron Age reports the steel industry seeks a peaceful settlement to wage demands by the United Steel Workers union. Demand for steel products remains strong, with prices likely to rise by midyear to offset higher labor costs as controls ease.
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Ie York
Iron Age
United Steel Workers ‘Union
Fear Strike Threatens Ford Assembly Plants Nationwide
Monroe Michigan reports a seven day CIO United Auto Workers strike at Ford Motor Companys Monroe parts plant risking shutdown of Ford Mercury and Lincoln plants across the country. Company spokesman warns a complete shutdown could come early next week if no settlement is reached idling about 56000 workers.
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Monroe, Mich
Cio-United Auto
Ford Motor Company
Monroe
Mich
Ford
Mercury
Lincoln
Red proposal to return only 600 UN prisoners.
At Panmunjom the Communists offered to return about 600 ailing UN prisoners possibly including 100 Americans, while the Allies pressed for a recount and urged a broader exchange. The Allies proposed returning 5,800 sick and wounded prisoners, including 5,100 North Koreans and 700 Chinese, with site and roster logistics to be arranged.
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Red
U. N
Panmunjom
Korea
U.P
United Nations
U.N
Carlock
Panmunjo‘a
Reds
Wilfrid Burchette
Lorain Attorney Endorsed by County Bar Group
Attorney Andrew M. Keep of Lorain, president of the Lorain County Bar Association, receives endorsement for vice president of the Ohio State Bar Association. The Erie County Bar Association also endorsed him after his speaker appearances. Keep, a 25 year practitioner, is an Oberlin College and University of Michigan Law School graduate.
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Andrew M. Keep
Lorain
Lorain County Bar Association
Ohio State Bar Association
Lorain County Group
Keep
Erie County Bar Association
Oberlin College
University of Michigan Law School
Regional Planning Commission to meet on turnpike billboard rules
United Press report from Cleveland says the Regional Planning Commission will meet tomorrow to discuss billboard and zoning policies along the Ohio Turnpike. City officials from Cuyahoga Lorain Portage and Summit counties and county commissioners reportedly have not received notices. The commission seeks to ban billboards within 1000 feet of the highway across northern Ohio.
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United Press
Cleveland
Regional Planning Commission
Cuyahoga
Lorrain
Portage
Summit
Ohio
Koreans Counterattack Takes Outpost Texas
Seoul reports Third ROK division infantry counterattacked the disputed Texas outpost this afternoon. The hill position changed hands several times amid a 1,200 artillery and mortar barrage, with Chinese forces ultimately repelled after fierce hand to hand fighting. Allied air power supported operations in rear areas.
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Seoul
Republic of ‘Korea
Texas
Neor
Aisha
Aig
Air Force agrees to cut civilian staff by 7,000
Defense Secretary Charles Wilson wins a key economy battle as the Air Force agrees to reduce its civilian payroll from 313,000 to 308,000. The order, aimed at saving 132 million dollars annually, follows earlier directives for all services to trim civilian employment by about 30,346 personnel by end May, with Army and Navy also complying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Charles “E
Wilson
Perce
Ihe
Air Force
Army
Navy
Legion Posts Back Cancer Fund Support in Elyria
Legion members in Elyria approved taking responsibility to staff fund collections amid fears of theft and intimidation. Cooperation has begun in several cities as volunteers organize protection for donors and funds raised for cancer support efforts.
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Legion
Elyria
Bohlen Arrives in London as New U S Ambassador
London reports Charles Bohlen new U S ambassador to Britain arrived in London describing plans to press for a speedy U S embassy presence. Winthrop to return to Paris Thursday and the embassy staff to follow on details as he discusses pervonal vin Ee plans.
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London
Charles Bohlen
U. S
Meecee
Britain
Paris
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