Molotov Threatens Third World War Over Imperialist Powers
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov blasted imperialist forces at the foreign ministers meeting in London. He warned the world of a third world war if Western powers press German domination while Secretary Marshall urged straightforward talks. The ministers did agree to move the Austrian treaty up for deputies’ review and to discuss a German peace treaty ahead of German unification. Bevin mocked the Soviet charges while Bidault urged constructive harmony.
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London
V. M. Molotov
Marshall
Molotov
Foreign Ministers Council
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Soviet Union
Georges Bidault
Moscow
Bevin
Senate votes to cut emergency relief to 400 million
The Senate rejected cutting the European relief from 597 million to 400 million 56 to 30. The move accelerates efforts to pass the bill by Monday. Senator Vandenberg led the fight against the reduction joined by seven Republicans. He warned of dangers in shrinking aid and urged keeping relief aligned with available U.S. commodities.
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Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
Malone
Nevada
Bricker
Ohio
Kem
Missouri
Williams
Delaware
Wilson
Iowa
Edton
Montana
Dworshak
Idaho
Jenner
Indiana
France
Italy
Austria
House
Donnell
R-Mo
United States
Wherry
Nbraska
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Nebraskan
Clergymen Lead Rites for 4212 WWII War Dead in Brooklyn
Clergymen of three faiths conducted memorial rites as the Army transport Robert F. Burns reached the Brooklyn Army Base with 4212 flag draped caskets of World War II dead. About 600 relatives stood along the pier to view the open hold.
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New York
Robert F. Burns
Brooklyn
Europe
Three dead and four survivors found aboard shattered cargo ship
Four survivors and three bodies recovered from the beached bow of the army transport Clarksdale Victory off Hippo Island after the vessel tore apart in heavy seas. Second mate Henry Wolfe reported no one escaped in lifeboats. two bodies identified as Kenneth Bower and Peter Roman.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Coast Guard
Henry H. Wolfe
Oakland
Calif
Rocky Little Hippo Island
Williams M. Rasmussen
Modesto
Clair E. Driscoll
Los Angeles
Carlos Sanabria
Honduras
Kenneth J. Bower
Wolfforth
Texas
Peter J. Roman
Midland
Rocky Island
British Columbia
Here
Wachusetts
Finns Move To Halt Civil Worker Strike
Finnish government members announced actions to settle a 40 000 civil servant strike that paralyzed the economy and cut Finland off from much of the world. Only trains carrying reparations to Russia and essential foodstuffs still moved while inflation and reparations payments pressed the country. Prime Minister Mauno Pekkala warned strikers they risk losing their jobs as the government sought a resolution amid a broad civil service walkout.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Mauno Pekkala
Socialist Union Party
The
Democratic Union
Civil Service
Police
Defense
ITV Walkout Strikes Chicago Area Printers
A 1500 strong Chicago area printer strike expanded to Hammond Indiana causing the Hammond Times to suspend temporarily while Chicago’s six major dailies stayed on press with photo-engraving. Local 16 of the AFL Chicago Typographical Union demanded immediate raises of 14.50 dollars weekly for day workers and 15 dollars for night and lobster shift workers.
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Chicago
Oil Walkout in Ohio Affects Michigan Area
Michigan Gov. Kim Sigler urged Ohio Gov. Thomas J. Herbert to seek a settlement of the eight month strike at Pure Oil Co. Toledo refinery. He warned of a threatened winter fuel oil shortage and noted the Toledo plant has been producing about 5 000 to 6 000 barrels daily for the Detroit area market.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Kim Sigler
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Pure Oil Co
Toledo
Sigler
Detroit
Two Ohio Men to Die In Electric Chair Friday
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert refused clemency for two Cleveland men, Robert Britton, 23, and James Griffith, 27, held on the 1946 hold up slaying of Harry L. Webb after a dice game. Their executions at Ohio Penitentiary were stayed three times and are scheduled Friday night.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio Penitentiary
Robert Britton
James Griffith
Cleveland
Harry L. Webb
Pennsylvania Court strikes down 1947 community property statute
Philadelphia report states Pennsylvania's new community property law was declared unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court. The act allowed husbands and wives to divide income for tax purposes, saving an estimated 100 million dollars.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Postpone Wage Hearing For Women and Minors
A hearing on minimum wages for women and minors in the food and lodging industry scheduled for Dec. 3 has been postponed to 10 a.m. Dec. 17, announced Assistant Industrial Relations Director Carl Nappi.
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Columbus
Carl Nappi
Burke Denies Consultation on Petitions
Ohio gubernatorial race opens with Burke supporters in Cleveland planning petition drives for Mayor Thomas A. Burke. Burke says he was not consulted while Garfield Heights club secretary Vincent Vito notes petitions must be approved in writing before filing. Garfield Heights officials adopt an awaiting developments stance.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
Vincent Vito
Garfield Heights
Democratic Club
Jail Break Thwarted as Inmates Surrounded by Guards
Newport Kentucky police report two life-term robbers, James Black and Donald Ashcraft, were found on the jail’s third floor with loaded guns. Turnkey Paul Krens cried for help as detectives and officers stormed in with shotguns and rifles, forcing the pair to drop their weapons.
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Newport
William Malden
James Black
Donald Ashcraft
Malden
Leroy Fredericks
Fred Schlisser
Ed Workman
Paul Krens
Girl With Five Kidneys Is One in a Million
Four year old Betty Seipp underwent surgery to remove one of her five kidneys. Dr Knowlton E Barber a urologist who performed the operation called the case one in a million and noted no other patient in his experience had so many kidneys.
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Chicago
Betty Seipp
Knowlton E. Barber
U S Supplied $37 311 490 in Goods to Palestine
Washington reports that Arab League countries have received 37 311 490 dollars worth of US surplus war equipment since V E Day, according to Louis Bromfield, co chair of the American League for a Free Palestine, who warned of a blood bath in Palestine.
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Palestine
Washington
Louis Bromfield
American League For A Free Palestine
U. S
Polish party leader Mikolajczyk arrives in New York
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, leader of the Polish Peasant Party who fled Poland, arrived by plane from London to New York on Wednesday, marking a new stage in his exile and political activities.
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New York
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
England
London
UN Palestine Partition Debate Tightens as Votes Fall
In New York the UN assembly nears a decision on partitioning Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. Anti-partition forces gain momentum with support from Greece and the Philippines, while Sweden Canada Brazil and the United States back partition. If approved, Britain withdraws by August 1 and two new states form by October 1 with Jerusalem internationalized under UN trusteeship.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Holy Land
Philippines
Greece
Assembly
Special Palestine Committee
Siam
Sweden
Canada
Brazil
United States
Yemen
Egypt
Palestine
Britain
Jerusalem
UN Trusteeship Council
Strikes and Exiles As French Government Moves
Paris three day old Schuman government orders expulsion of 19 Russians for interfering in French affairs amid widespread strikes. In Lyon a 20 000 crowd clashes with police backed by tear gas while postmen report beatings in Paris. Rail workers strike closes lines as protests flare in Lille Choisy Le Roi rail tower seized and train derailed.
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Paris
Schuman
France
Lyon
Eugene Thomas
Lille
Choisy le Roi
Huffman pleads innocent to forgery charge in Ohio case
Harold S. Huffman 47 of Columbus faces a forgery charge after arraignment before Judge Myron B. Gessaman. Huffman, who faked his own death, had hat coat and a death note found on Zanesville bridge in February and was extradited from Washington PA in October to face a $536 check forgery.
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Columbus
Harold S. Huffman
Zanesville
Criminal Court
Myron B. Gessaman
Huffman
Washington, Pa
FBI Charges Kentucky Man By Mann Act
Jerry Allen Miles 21 of Catlettsburg Kentucky was arrested by the FBI on a Mann Act count for transporting his 15 year old wife across state lines for immoral purposes. The case ties to a larger drive on a suspected white slave ring operating from Ironton. Miles and his wife were arraigned in Ashland Kentucky with bonds set at 10000 and 5000 dollars respectively.
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Cincinnati
Jerry Allen Miles
Catlettsburg
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ironton
FBI
Miles
Yvonne
Ashland
Theft shocks Siam capital amid sacred emerald Buddha
Bangkok amid coup turmoil learns the three carat diamond on the jeweled forehead of the sacred Emerald Buddha is missing. The famed artifact valued at $100,000 rests in a guarded palace temple where King Ananda Mahidol died last June, with a military spokesman alleging assassination and royal household arrests.
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Bangkok
Siam
Pibul Songgram
Buddha
Ananda Mahidol
State Fair Relocation Commission to Review Properties
The State Fair Relocation Commission will meet Saturday to inspect and evaluate properties proposed as suitable for the new fair grounds.
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Columbus
State Fair Relocation Commission
Curley Finds Job Waiting After Release
Boston Mayor James M. Curley, freed by presidential commutation after five months in federal prison for mail fraud, prepares to return to city leadership. A $20,000 yearly job as mayor awaits him, kept open by a legislature that named a temporary city clerk while he served. Local celebration erupts near his Jamaica Plain home.
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Boston
James M. Curley
Truman
Curley
Massachusetts
Jamaica Plains
Death Benefit Payments Rise For Ohio Policyholders
Life insurance death benefits paid to Ohioans in the first nine months of 1947 totaled 66,165,000, up from 61,593,000 in the same period of 1946, the Institute of Life Insurance reported today.
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New York
Institute of Life Insurance
Newcomerstown Delegation Urges Bridge Memorial to Cy Young
A delegation from Newcomerstown asked the State Highway Department on Wednesday to construct a new bridge over the Tuscarawas River in memory of baseball great Cy Young.
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Columbus
Newcomerstown
State Highway Department
Tuscarawas River
Cy Young
U S Intelligence Reports Say Reds Plan German Zone Underground
American intelligence reports indicate the Communist Party in Western Germany, under Moscow instructions, plans underground activity if outlawed amid East West strains. The KPD seeks to infiltrate unions and various groups across zones, while also promoting the SED in the British and American areas.
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U. S
Berlin
Communist Party
Germany
Moscow
KPD
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Soviet Union
Farm Bureau Begins Food Price Move in Ohio
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation at its annual convention urged intensified efforts to counter misleading claims about farmers causing high food prices. Delegates approved 115 resolutions including adding cooperative principles to teacher training, urging school reforms for rural youth, amending sales tax law, expanding Highway Patrol powers, creating a state conservation department, and reaffirming stand against colored oleomargarine, alcohol ads, and insurance for farm injury claims.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
The
Bureau
Farm Bureau
Highway Patrol
Sale Control
State Conservation Department
Natural Gas Rules Issued by Federal Commission
The Federal Power Commission issued emergency regulations to limit natural gas deliveries to Panhandle Eastern Pipeline System wholesale customers during peak winter demand. The rules cover Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan and set a fixed allocation per customer. Peak demand is estimated at 596 million CF daily with Panhandle capacity at 425 million CF and Big Inch adds 19 million CF daily.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Panhandle Eastern
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Panhandle
Big Inch
Woman Seeks 85000 Damages From Rolling Mill Firm
Normal Nolte administratrix of Norbert P. Nolte's estate filed in common pleas court for 85000 damages against American Rolling Mill Co. Middletown Ohio alleging Nolte asphyxiated as a bricklayer on rolling mill property at New Miami Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Normal Nolte
Norbert P. Nolte
Common Pleas Court
American Rolling Mill Co
Middletown
Ohio
Nolte
New Miami
Ohio River Engineer Appointed to Rivers and Harbors Board
Brig. Gen. Douglas L. Weart, Ohio River Division engineer, was notified of his appointment as a member of the board of engineers for rivers and harbors the final review authority for all civil works projects.
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Cincinnati
Douglas L. Weart
Ohio River Division
Board of Engineers For
Beckley killer charged with auto theft
Beckley police hold 21 year old Raleigh County youth for grand jury action after ruling his claim of killing a Beckley couple did not match the evidence. He faces charges of automobile theft.
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Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh County
Road bids refused on Route 87 widening in Bloomfield
The State Highway Department on Wednesday rejected bids for paving and widening 1.1 miles of State Route 87 in Bloomfield Township Trumbull County.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Bloomfield Township
Trumbull County
Solons Seek Last Resort Control Powers for Essentials
The True man administration asked Congress for last resort power to control distribution of steel grain farm machinery and fertilizer to essential uses. Standby authority for price control and grain rationing was sought by Agriculture Secretary Anderson as Commerce Secretary Harriman spoke to lawmakers. Taft urged export controls on automobiles noting their drain on the economy. Harriman said more funds are needed to strengthen the drive against profiteering in exports.
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Washington
Trueman
Congress
Anderson
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House Economic Committee
Clarksdale Victory Aground Off Alaska Sinks In Heavy Seas
A 7,000 ton Army freighter named Clarksdale Victory is aground at the tip of the Queen Charlotte Islands off Alaska. Fifty-one aboard. four rescued, three dead on the bow as the stern tore away and sank in rough water.
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Clarksdale Victory
Queen Charlotte Islands
Alaska
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