Ohio State Physics Professor Is Suspended Over Communist Ties
Byron T. Darling a 41 year old Ohio State University physics professor was suspended by President Howard L. Bevis for refusing to tell a congressional committee if he was ever a Communist. Darling testified before the House Un American Activities Committee denying acting as a courier or agent while working on an Air Force research contract at the university.
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Columbus
Byron T. Darling
Ohio State University
Howard L. Bevis
Congressional
Communist Party
Darling
House UN- American Activities Committee
Washington
Air Force
Bevis
Byron T. Dorling
Russia
House Un-American Activities Committee
Harold H.velde
R-Mil
Allied Sabre jets smash eight MIGs in Korea feat
Allied Sabre jets using radar gunsights destroyed six MIGs and damaged one more in air battles over North Korea. An American pilot became the world's top jet ace as UN forces mounted a maximum effort attack on enemy targets after three days of poor weather.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Record Home Show Attendance Sets New Local High
The Elyria Home and Better Living Show drew over 3,800 attendees, setting a new attendance record. The event, organized by the Elyria Lions Club, runs through Saturday night at 10:30, with displays on flowers, awnings, screens, and home decorating ideas. Dr. M Wayne McQueen, pastor of Windermere Methodist Church, will preach at a union Lenten service at First Methodist Church in Elyria.
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Wayne- McQueen
Windermere Methodist Church
East Cleveland
First Methodist Church
McQueen
Mount Union College
Ohio
Boston University School of Theology
Garretsville
Barberton
North Hill Akron
Cleveland
Steubenville
Roll Arena
Setae
Elyria Lions Club
Ground Observers Shelter Will Be Built Here
Public meeting at Elyria High School last night called for civil defense volunteers for a Ground Observer Corps shelter on the roof of Lorain County Savings and Trust Co. Sgt Gene Stedman said $400 city funding will support reporting facilities. registration blanks were distributed and interest appears strong with groups pledging duties and time.
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Air Defense
Elyria High School
Gene Stedman
Army Air Force
Elyria
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
Douglas Nichols
Emerson Court
Gripsholm Collides in Fog in New York Harbor
The Swedish liner Gripsholm with 674 passengers reportedly sideswiped an unidentified vessel in fog near the Statue of Liberty. Coast Guard and Moran Towing sent tugs to assist as the liner proceeded toward Pier 97. The incident occurred between Governors Island and Liberty Island with initial reports of a freighter collision.
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New York
Gripsholm
New York Harbor
Coast Guard
Goeteborg
Sweden
Governors Island
Moran Towing Company
Pier 97
North River
Northeastern Ohio Weather Report and Five Day Forecast
The region remains mostly cloudy and cooler this afternoon with highs in the 40s. Tonight will be partly cloudy and much cooler, with low around 35. Saturday stays partly cloudy with highs near 45. Thursday’s temperature range 54 to 66 with 0.03 inch precipitation in the last 24 hours. Humidity 79 percent at 8 am and 62 percent at 8 pm. Ohio highways mostly normal with light rain in several areas including Celina Bellefontaine Mansfield Delaware Springfield Greenville Macksville Caldwell Woodsfield and Marietta. The five day outlook calls for mild weekend with average highs 46 to 60 and lows 30 to 39. Precipitation Sunday and Tuesday around one half to one inch.
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Ohio
Celina
Bellefontaine
Mansfeid
Delaware
Springfield
Greenville
Maeksville
Caldwell
Woodsfield
Marietta
Pastor Named At Second Methodist Church Service
The First Congregational Church and Associasile Guissies with Rev Charles A Talbert named pastor of the Second Methodist Church. Music led by the heir of the host church and Mrs Carlton Squire to play the organ. Elyria Council of Churches sponsors the series and invites all to attend to hear Dr McQueen.
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Annomas Guis
Ohio Warden Killed in Auto Crash Near McArthur
Harry B. Tripp 65 an Ohio Forestry District warden was struck and killed Thursday four miles south of here by a car driven by Pearl Crow of McArthur. The incident occurred on a rural road as Tripp attempted to stop the vehicle. Authorities investigated the crash and filed no immediate charges.
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Mcarthur
Harry B. Tripp
Ohio
Pearl Crow
Here
Herbert Reported Seeking U S Post
Former Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert was shopping for a federal patronage post with support from Ohio's U S Senators John Bricker and Robert Taft. He met with Ohio Republican leaders and with Attorney General Herbert Brownell, who was reportedly willing to name the Cleveland attorney and ex-governor to a Justice Department post.
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Washington
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
U. S
John Bricker
Tom
Robert Taft
Herbert
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Cleveland
Justice Department
Two Children Bitten By Dogs
Two dog bite incidents were reported to police yesterday. Both victims were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital and released. Ethel Swart aged 11 of 124 Bell Avenue was bitten between the right thumb and index finger by the family dog. Katherine Canfield aged 4 of 9 Smith Court was bitten on the left forearm by a neighbor's dog.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ethel Swart
Bell Avenue
Katherine Canfield
Smith Court
Jet Ace Baker tops Davis with 12th MIG downed
Col Royal N. Baker of the Fourth Fighter-Interceptor Wing praised Maj George A. Davis after downing his 12th MIG in Korea. Baker, leading four Sabre jets, notched his 127th Korean mission and heads to Wright Field March 27 for Delta wing F-102 work. He credited the new radar gunsight and thanked ground crews Harlan Cooper and Leo Gagnon for aid.
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Col
Royal N. Baker
Davis
Baker
Maj
George A. Davis
Lubbock
Tex
Air Defense Command
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Sth Air Force
Chongchon
Yalu
Harlan Cooper
Campbridge
Mass
Leo Gagnon
Richmond Dill
Long Island
New York
3 Nations Action Plan Is Studied
London reports indicate the United States Britain and France are weighing joint action against further Communist attacks on Allied air forces along the Iron Curtain. Talks will begin in Germany with Allied high commissioners and may move to the Big Three capitals for final recommendations. UK officials condemn the shooting of six British airmen as murder and dismiss Russian claims the bomber fired first.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Iron Curtain
Germany
Rev. Seward Named Financial Secretary of Cleveland Diocese
The Rev. Fr. Edward J. Seward, formerly Elyrian, is named financial secretary of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese. He is currently vice chancellor, succeeds Msgr. George A. Whitehead who died January 25. Seward, born in Elyria, was ordained in 1939, served at St. Margaret's, and was WWII Eighth Air Force chaplain with Bronze Star.
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Edward J. Seward
Cleveland
Father Seward
Msgr
George A. Whitehead
Monsignor Whitehead
Elyria
J. B. Seward
Fourth Street
Rome
Rain And Colder Weather Seen In Plains Area
Rain trailed by colder temperatures headed for the Central Plains today. A flood and a tornado damaged two communities with water covering Carthage Texas and North Fork River flooding near Pierce Nebraska. Expect rain in the upper Ohio Valley and cooler, cloudy conditions across the Great Lakes region.
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United Press
Central Plains
Carthage
Tex
North Fork
Pierce
Neb
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Complete line of apparel at savings you cannot miss
Local store advertises a wide range of men women and children clothing with discounts on dresses and miscellaneous items. Sc notes women’s dresses marked down from 14.95 to 3.90. Store: Looney's 577 Broad opposite Elyria Furniture.
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Looney
Elyria Furn
British Charge Murder In Red Attack On Plane
Britain accuses Soviet airmen of murder after a Royal Air Force Lincoln bomber was shot down near the British zone in Germany with six crew killed. London demands punishment and reparations while protest notes are exchanged in Berlin and Bonn among Allied officials.
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West Germany
Iron Curtain
Berlin- Hamburg
Berlin
Britain
Winston Churchill
Ivone Kirkpatrick
Germany
Vassily J. Chuikov
Royal Air Force
British Air Ministry
London
Kassel
U. S
Prague
Rise In Coffee Price Predicted After Decontrol
A survey shows coffee may cost more after decontrol while beer prices stay steady for a time. Schlitz denies planned price hikes. other brewers study the impact. Coffee brokers forecast a 6 to 10 cent rise per pound, with officials cautioning 10 to 12 cent increases possible. A New York coffee trader notes decades of low profitability in the industry.
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Schlitz
Milwaukee
New York
Red Cross Aids Service Men In Hospitals
In military hospitals Red Cross workers and thousands of volunteers provide services to hospitalized servicemen to ease long convalescence and hasten recovery. Donors to the Elyma Chapter Red Cross 1953 fund campaign support this essential program.
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Red Cross
Strike Looms Tonight at GE Jet Engine Plant
About 1,100 AFL machinists prepare to strike the General Electric Co. jet engine plant in Cincinnati at midnight unless late hour talks yield a contract agreement. The threatened action spotlights ongoing labor negotiations and potential work stoppage.
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Cincinnati
General Electric Co
Czech Plane Lands In British Zone at Graz Airport
A Czech military plane landed in the British occupation zone at Graz civil airport in southern Austria. The Arado 96 trainer carried a Czech officer and two enlisted men who were unarmed and then taken away for questioning by Austrian and British authorities. Unofficial reports say they sought political asylum.
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Graz
Austria
Bridge Project in Parkersburg to Start by March 26
Construction of a $6,500,000 toll bridge linking Belpre Ohio and Parkersburg West Virginia is scheduled to begin by March 26 after ground breaking ceremonies held here Thursday.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Belpre, O
Shore Erosion and Fishing Bills Before Assembly
Two bills on Lake Erie shore erosion prevention and strengthened fishing laws for Sandusky Bay were presented in the Ohio House. Rep. Richard H. Woods proposed state and local financing for erosion control projects and a congressional resolution urging action to protect shore lands. The fishing bill, led by Esther Hardy and others, Tightens Sandusky Bay prohibitions, holds shippers liable for violations, and tightens enforcement.
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Columbus
Lake Erie
Congress
Sandusky Bay
Richard H. Woods
R-Cuyahoca
Sanduskx
House
Esther Hardy
Sandusky County
Leslie Mr. Burge
Lorain
Dailey R. Turner
Seneca
J. K. Weaver
Huron
Senate
Miss Hardy
United States accuses Czechoslovakia of attack on American jets
The United States called the Prague action provocative and demanded immediate compensation for a destroyed F-84 Thunderjet. Washington rejected Czech claims the jets had violated Czech territory and urged assurances no further incidents occur. The note, delivered to the Czech Foreign Office, also noted the incident followed a British protest to Soviet Russia.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
Germany
U. S
Prague
Britain
Soviet Russia
WU. S
Air Force
Truck Driver Bound To Grand Jury In Fatal Route 20 Crash
Albert H. Fike 23 of Ashland was bound to the grand jury under $1000 bond on a charge of traffic manslaughter for the death of Jay Samuel Endicott 68 of Ridgeville. Endicott wife Dorothy 34 and nine month old son were passengers. the infant uninjured. Endicott died after Fike’s truck struck his miniature car on Route 20 east of Elyria then hit a barn. Fike pleaded innocent.
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Albert H. Fike
Ashland
Grand
C. C. Lord
George Kosco
Jay Sameuel Endicott
Roosevelt Avenue
Ridgeville
Fike
Endicott
Elyria
Edwin Snyder
Dorothy
Jay
Wilson orders 132 Million Civilian Payroll Cut
Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson directs civilian employment reductions across the Army Navy and Air Force totaling 39 346 positions by May 31 1949 reducing the payroll to 1 288 200 from 1 227 546 and aiming for further cuts to save about 132 million annually with a projected 33 million reduction by next July 1.
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Washington
Defense
Defense Department
Hearing Set On A A Practice In Lake Erie Area
Rep Alvin Weichel announced a Toledo hearing next Thursday on antiaircraft target practice near Lake Erie. He says many complaints about using the area for target work and notes the Army will train reserves National Guard and regular units with artillery carries up to 15 miles. State officials reportedly agreed to the use of the area.
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Alvin Weichel
R-O
Toledo
Lake Erie
Weichel
National Guard
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