Reds Ban Telephone Book in Berlin
Soviet sector police ban Berlin's new telephone book and order withdrawal from their area because its offices were not sufficiently identified.
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Reds
Berlin
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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1948
Page
11
Administration Plans Slash In Building Costs
The administration outlined a four point program to Congress and private industry to boost housing production and lower costs. Housing chief Raymond M Foley said the plan seeks mass market pricing, slum clearance, farm dwellings, and long term housing research with private sector help. A nationwide effort will push lower rents and housing for Negroes and other minorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Raymond M. Foley
Foleyn
Foley
Senate
House
US May Urge Wheat Pact Proposed at UN Conference
The United States plans to push for a new international wheat agreement at the UN FAO meeting. Negotiators doubt achieving a deal as favorable to American farmers as the failed last pact which would have guaranteed an export market of 185 million bushels annually. Delegates expect a conference to draft a new wheat pact after President Truman's address to the 500 delegates from 57 nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Congress
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Truman
USAF Prepares List of General Candidates
The Air Force screens 700 officers for potential brigadier or major general promotion. A secret Pentagon board reviews records of 600 for brigadier general and 100 for major general while vacancies are not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USAF
Washington
Air Force
Pentagon
Christian Democrats Winning in Italy
From Verona in the north to Catania in the south Christian Democrats continued to win over Communists and extreme left Socialists in municipal elections Sunday. Results of elections in 29 communities show Christian Democrats victors in 24 with five going to Communists and extreme left Socialists.
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Rome
Verona
Catania
Christian Democrats
Pistol Found in Creek Near Where Boulder Girl Was Slain
A broken .45 caliber pistol believed used in the November 9 rape slaying of Theresa Foster was found in Coal Creek Canyon five miles from the dump site. Sheriff Everson identified the weapon as one loaned by Robert Fleming to Joseph S. Walker, who has been investigated since the case began.
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Boulder
Colo
Theresa Foster
Coal Creek Canyon
Arthur Everson
Robert Fleming
Joseph S. Walker
Walker
Lonely Lee’s Road
Leonard Keeler
Northwestern University
Keeler
Coal Creek
Eldorado Springs
Eleanor
Foster
Price Gaming Case Ends With Hung Jury
The six man County Court at Law jury hearing a gaming charge against D R Price at Des sau Hall deadlocked four to two and was dismissed by Judge Mace Thurman after deliberating over two hours. The case will be retried later. Two slot machines were confiscated Oct 13 by Texas Rangers. If convicted Price faced 30 days to one year in jail. The trial marked the first use of the gaming statute in Travis County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Price
Dessau Hall
Mace Thurman
Price
Texas Rangers
Travis County
Elwood Polvado
Perry Jones
Polk T. Shelton
Paul T. Holt
Holt
Peoples
Thurman
E. C
Bill” Horton
Jones
Plumber Sues For His License
Texan plumber James F. Grimm filed suit in Denver district court seeking a Colorado master plumber license after the State Board of Health refused a license on an August exam. He asks for a license, court review of the board’s actions, and a temporary license pending outcome.
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Denver
Texas
James F. Grimm
Colorado
Grimm
State Board of Health
Health Board
CIC Arrests Czechs Spying On US Troops In Germany
Frankfurt report says Czechoslovak paid operatives arrested November 9 were gathering data on US troops in Germany. Spies also sought Sudeten German and refugee activities and Bavarian politics. Over 20 suspects, including one with Czech citizenship, face charges of acts prejudicial to the occupation.
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CIC
Frankfurt
Germany
American Counter-Intelligence Corps
United States
US Army
Lucius D. Clay
Budget urged by chamber to keep government costs minimal
Washington November 22 The United States Chamber of Commerce urged that the new budget be kept to an indispensable minimum as a matter of prime importance.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Woman Burned When Dress Catches Fire at Corsicana Home
Mrs. H. J. Thomas of the Pickett community sustained second and third degree burns on Tuesday when her dress ignited while she swept the front of a wood stove at her home. Her condition was listed as satisfactory at a Corsicana hospital.
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Corsicana
H. J. Thomas
Pickett
Neighboring mink mistaken for weasel ends in loss
FE James Ockerman fired on a varmint in his yard and killed a male mink valued at $250 that had wandered from Charles Isham's mink farm. The two men discuss an understanding to resolve the matter.
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James Ockerman
Charles Isham
Ockerman
Isham
Markets to Close for Thanksgiving Holiday Observance
New York and national financial and commodity exchanges will close on Thursday November 25 in observance of Thanksgiving Day.
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New York
United States
Austrian Woman Confesses to US Spy Ties in Vienna
Tass reports Dr. Margarethe Ottillinger, Austrian Ministry of Economic Planning official, confessed that the United States hired her as a spy. She was arrested Nov. 3 and claimed to have worked since March 1947 to obtain passport data and report on Soviet factories in the Russian occupation zone.
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Vienna
Tass
Margarethe Oftillinger
Ottillinger
United States Intelligence Service
Austria
Edward Kretzmann
American Intelligence Service
State Department
Washington
Secret Service
Friedinger
Kretzmann
Alied Control Council
Vladimir Kurassov
Barkley May Visit South America Nations
Friends of Senator Alben W. Barkley said he will likely spend the Christmas holidays in South America. He is considering invitations to visit Argentina Brazil and Chile on a trip that would begin around mid December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alben W. Barkley
South America
Barkley
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Black Market for Foreign Currencies Surges in Shanghai
Economic police reported the black market for foreign currencies thriving again in Shanghai on Tuesday. The crackdown had been suspended pending further orders, allowing illicit trading to resume.
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Shanghai
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