Navy orders court martials for Missouri captain and two officers
The Navy announced three separate court martial trials in Norfolk beginning March 27 for Capt. W. D. Brown skipper of the Missouri and two other officers in the January 17 grounding in Hampton Roads. Cmdr. John R. Millett and Lt. Cmdr. Frank G. Morris Jr. face trials. Lt. John E. Carr avoided court martial and received a reprimand. Ens. Elwin R. Harris faced no action. The Naval review praised the Missouri engineering watch for their prompt response during the emergency.
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Norfolk
Navy
Missouri
Hampton Roads
W. D. Brown
John R. Millett
Frank G. Morris, Jr
Allan E. Smith
Atlantic
Smith
John E. Carr
Carr
Ens
Elwin R. Harris
USN
Harris
USS Missouri
Caribbean
Brown
Thimble Shoals
Air Force
Reds Seen Slipping In Japan
In Tokyo observers say Communist strength wanes in Japan after Soviet demands for Hirohito war-criminal trials and violence blamed on Communists alienate the populace. MacArthur’s aides and Acheson’s hard line against Communism boost hopes non Communists will resist Red influence while Japan preserves democratic rights.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hirohito
Russia
Communist Party
Douglas MacArthur
Japanese Communist Party
Acheson
U. S
Dean Acheson
San Francisco
United States
Asia
U.S
MacArthur
Report shows deficit trimmed by committee amid budget bids
Washington The House Appropriations Committee cut about $1.2 billion from President Truman's anticipated deficit for fiscal 1951 but the omnibus appropriation bill remains far from balance. Truman had projected a deficit of $5,193,171,372 for 1951. Cambridge Mass Alice Stone Blackwell, 92, suffrage leader, dies at home after leading years of women's rights advocacy.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
House
Cambridge
Mass
Alice Stone Blackwell
Lucy Stone
Northeast Ohio Weather Forecast Turns Cold with Light Snow
Cloudy and continuing cold this afternoon and tonight with occasional light snow later today. Friday looks partly cloudy with little temperature change. Low tonight around 24, high Friday near 36. Markets found today on page two.
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Ohio
Crommelin vows to keep criticizing after furlough order
SAN FRANCISCO Navy Captain John G Crommelin said he would continue criticizing the armed forces general staff despite a disciplinary furlough on half pay ordered by Navy Secretary Francis P Matthews. The move, the stiffest punishment short of a court martial in 24 years, followed Crommelin's role in last fall's admiral revolt.
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San Francisco
Secretary of the Navy
Matthews
Crommelin
Baby Dies En Route. Mother and Doctor Hurt in Crash
A car race to Allen Hospital in Oberlin failed to save 15 month old Eleanor Mason who died on the way. Dr Sidney R. Stone, 43, of Wellington, and Eleanor Mason, 26, sustained injuries when the car struck a culvert on Route 58 south of Route 20. Mrs Mason, wife of Lee Mason of 127 Dams Street, Wellington, suffered scalp contusions and a shoulder injury. both were hospitalized after a passing motorist helped.
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Sidney R. Stone
Wellington
Eleanor Mason
Eleanor
Stone
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
McCarthy Hails Diplomat Recall Vindicating Charges
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy praised the recall of John Stewart Service as vindication of his accusation that the State Department delayed loyalty hearings. Service, a diplomat, was ordered to return from India for a personal loyalty review. The issue centers on the 13 month delay in ordering new hearings.
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John S. Service
U.S
Calcutta
India
State Department
Service
Joseph R. McCarthy
Washington
Top Security Board
McCarthy
John Stewart Service
Department
Loyalty Board
R. Wis
John Stewart
Leopold III Says He Will Bow To Parliament Decision
Geneva reports Leopold III steps to bow to Parliament on return to Belgian throne after plebiscite. Brussels sources say he will reclaim throne if Parliament approves, ending five years exile. Government insiders foresee repeal of 1945 act and possible political crisis.
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Leopold
Parliament
Geneva
Switzerland
Leopold III
Brussels
Belgium
Leopold II
Adolf Hitler
Gaston Fylkens
Prince Charles
Eyskens
Belsian Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Grand Jury Returns 36 Indictments in Three Day Session
The Lorain County grand jury handed up 36 indictments after reviewing 48 cases. Indictments include burglary, non support, assault, and manslaughter with arraignments set for Saturday. Names cited include Willie Pollard Elyria Edward Baumont Horace Brown and others with charges ranging from cutting to wound to carrying revolvers. Continued on page 2.
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Lorain
Paul Cleaver
Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Willie Pollard
Elyria
Pollard Brown
William Bowens
Theodore L. Vanche
Floyd Shawver
Valley View Inn
Edward Baumont
Horace Brown
William H. Michaels
Carl Smith
Leroy Rice
Charles Blair
Thomas Cummings
Howard F. Mercer
Martha Somkovich
Keith Aldrich
James M. Cahifer
Empire Tavern
Elsie Barbier
Donald T. Kruse
Indian Hollow Road
Thomas Frencis James
Jerry Richi
Amherst Township
David Childers
Paul Lopez
Club Plans Plant Visit by Local Business Club
Members of the Lorain County Farmers and Businessmen Club of Elyria will tour the Brown Lipe Chapin division plant of General Motors on Monday evening March 7. AfterInspection the group will hold its monthly meeting in the plant classroom with a program on GM and the division. A buffet lunch ends the evening.
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Lorain County Farmers’ and Businessmens’ Club
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Brown-Lipe-Chapin
General Motors
Omer Laubenthal
General Program
Brown- Lipe-Chapin
Pacific Hunt On For Navy Tender With 33 Aboard
An extensive sea air search was underway for the U S S Elder a navy net tender with 33 officers and men aboard missing on a voyage from Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok. The vessel three days overdue on a 10 day 2600 mile trip is suspected to have engine failure leaving it drifting between Eniwetok and Johnston Island. Navy officials say no immediate danger due to clear weather and calm seas while radio communications are down.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Navy
Eniwetok Atomic Proving Grounds
Eniwetok Island
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Eniwetok
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Elder
Three Killed in Auto Truck Crash at Five Points
DAYTON Ohio three people died in a fiery collision last night near North Ellerton when a truck and car crashed at Five Points on Union Road. Victims were Frank Heeter 17 Jane Heeter 14 and Norman Hawvermale 22 of Farmersville. The crash ignited a gas line burning the house next to the scene. Bechtel family home on the porch caught fire but no injuries there. Dean Bechtel 25 died March 9 at UB Building from a fall or jump.
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Dayton
Here
Frank Heeter
Jane
Norman Hawvermale
Farmersville
Heeters
Jefferson Township High School
Union Road
North Ellerton
Harry E .Bechtel
Bechtel
Dean
Helicopter Crashes After Bird Flight Kills Two Officers
In Killeen Texas a helicopter assigned to Camp Hood crashed after striking a flock of birds. Army officers Ist Lt. Herman Baker, 37, Cincinnati Ohio, and 1st Lt. Robert M. Wilson, 35, Fredericksburg Texas were killed. The craft burst into flames before impact, marking the first crash in three years of liaison flights from Camp Hood.
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Killeen
Tex
Camp Hood
Herman Baker
Cincinnati
Robert. M. Wilson
Fredericksburg
Engineers To Inspect Proposed Air Force Academy Site
A team of U S Army engineers will visit Elyria on Thursday morning March 23 to study the proposed site east of Island Road along State Highway 82 covering about 9000 acres. Col J L Person of the Louisville Corps of Engineers leads the survey under Washington directions. The site would host a modern academy with a stadium and related facilities if chosen. Congressman Walter Huber noted keen national competition as cities from coast to coast seek the project. The site survey aims to be completed by April 1.
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U.S. Army Engineers
Elyria
Columbia
Permanent Air Force Academy
Norris Ryder
Island Road
Air Force
Ryder
Walter Huber
Naval District Shifts Ordered
Washington announces boundary realignments of naval districts. Ohio moves from ninth to fourth district with headquarters in Philadelphia. Kentucky transferred to fifth district with headquarters in Norfolk Virginia. Changes align naval districts with army and air force areas, effective in April.
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Washington
Navy
Ohio
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Fifth
Norfolk, Va
Acheson Outlines Seven Point Peace Program
Secretary of State Dean Acheson challenged the Soviet Union to join the United States in a seven point program for ending the cold war. He urged international control of atomic weapons free elections in Germany and eastern Europe and an end to Communist expansion while warning no negotiations until Russia shows good intent.
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Acheson
Berkeley
Calif
Dean Acheson
Russia
United States
Kremlin
Germany
Europe
University of California
International Cooperation For World Economic Development
Austria
Japan
Southeast Asia
Red
United Nations
Sto
Adiison
French Assembly approves arms aid pact with United States
The French national assembly voted 421 to 179 to approve a military arms aid pact with the United States, part of a Western European defense plan. The accord passed 416 to 181 overall after two Communist amendments were rejected. The pact awaits upper house approval and presidential signature before becoming law.
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Paris
National Assembly
United States
France
Council of the Republic
West Carlisle Tops Red Cross Drive On Strong Start
West Carlisle township led the 1950 Red Cross membership drive, reporting $168.50 toward a $163 quota despite bad roads and weather. Captained by Mrs Carl McMullen, the township expects total gifts to rise as all reports come in. In a separate note, Paul R. Tuttle announced a $6,000 Junior Vegetable Growers contest for youths 12 to 21 offering scholarships and awards.
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American Red Cross
West Carlisle
Carl McMullen
McMullen
Elyria
Vexmilion
Paul R. Tuttle
National Junior Vegetable Growers’ Association
Tuttle
Classified Brand Names Week Ad Copy Theme
An advertising note urges sellers to name the national brands in Chronicle Telegram Want Ads. Emphasizes that advertised brands with strong national presence attract better demand, higher prices, and easier sales. Invites participation in a brand names feature dated March 19 to 25.
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Chronicle- Tegram
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Philibert Dube
Riviere du Loup
Quebec
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Larry's
Air Force Academy
Naval District
Yast Jan
Western
Bizerte
North Africa
Road Hearing
Council Chamber
Totain
State Highway Department
Joseph Tomsic
Tomsic
South Lorain
Schultz
Red Cross
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