US Diplomats in Eastern Europe Begin Discussion of Problems
US diplomats based in Eastern Europe gather for a two day conference at the American Embassy in London. Ambassadors and ministers from Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Poland Russia France and Romania join officials from Hungary Bulgaria and others to discuss common issues. The talks emphasize nonbinding dialogue with Washington oversight and focus on Soviet propaganda and postwar regional changes.
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Europe
London
United States
George Perkins
Alan G. Kirk
Russia
Paris
British Peace Congress Commission
Ellis O. Briggs
Joseph E. Jacobs
Czechoslovakia
Jacobs
Cavendish W. Cannon
Yugoslavia
Waldemar J. Gallman
Poland
Kirk
David K. E. Bruce
France
Nathaniel P. Davis
Hungary
Donald R
Woman Killed in Head-On Wreck West of Fritch
A head on collision two miles west of Fritch left one woman dead and four injured, two seriously. The deceased was Mrs. E. H. Brock of Electric City.
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Fritch
Here
E. H. Brock
Electric City
Prague Communist Officials Jailed for Bribery
Two Prague Communist officials were sentenced to eight years for taking bribes to aid a leather goods shop owner to avoid nationalization and to help black market deals totaling about 500,000 crowns. A businessman received nine years for distributing the bribes. Pokorny aided a man and his wife to flee abroad by obtaining US passports.
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Prague
Communist Party
Alois Sklenar
Central National Committee of
Josef
Pokorny
Josef Masek
Masek
United States
Lucas blasts isolationist senators over foreign policy
Democratic leader Senator Lucas of Illinois condemns an isolationist bloc for opposing the Marshall Plan and NATO. He praises Senator Vandenberg for bipartisan help in foreign policy. Lucas predicts stronger social security and federal education aid in the next Congress.
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Chicago
Lucas
D-Ill
Stalin
Senate
Illinois
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Malone
R-Ney
America
Russia
Congress
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Balkan
United States
Noted industrialist and philanthropist dies at 73 in Gates Mills
Cris pin Oglebay 73 year old industrialist banker and philanthropist died suddenly at his Gates Mills home. He chaired Oglebay Norton & Co and the Ferro Machine firm and led multiple mining dock coal and steamship interests. He also served on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad board and Wheeling Steel Corp. A Wheeling native and Yale graduate he was active in civic affairs and bred racehorses totaling about two dozen at his death.
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Cleveland
Crispin Oglebay
Gates Mills
Oglebay
Kansas City
Yale
Oglebay, Norton & Company
Great Lakes
E. W. Oglebay Company
Ferro Machine & Foundry Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Wheeling
W. Va
Do-It-Yourself Spirit Drives American Life
Freeman notes a nationwide trend of self reliance on Main Street with individuals building better lives through energy, ideas, and personal effort. He cites 78 million Americans purchasing life insurance to provide for families and support opportunities for the future.
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Freeman
America
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