Envoys Await Summons To Reopen Parley
Envoys of the three western powers expect a call from Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to resume talks on Germany and Europe. After meetings with Stalin and Molotov, negotiators have aired most issues and may enter a period of formal four power discussions aimed at easing the Berlin crisis and reaching a broader German settlement.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Europe
Stalin
Molotov
London
Russia
Berlin
Literary Gazette
Victor Mekrasov
The
Gazette
Potsdam
Warsaw
Soviet Union
America
England
Chapman Takes Lead In Kentucky Senate Race
In Louisville on August 7 Rep Virgil Chapman edged ahead in the Democratic senatorial nomination race after an early deficit. Unofficial returns from 1,024 of 4,057 precincts had Chapman 29,006 Brown 28,224 Whitworth 2,515 with Organized labor backing Brown in key areas. Republican nominee race saw John S Cooper lead over Silas A Sullivan with 18,612 to 1,542 in 1,061 precincts.
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Louisville
Virgil Chapman
John Young Brown
Lexington
Chapman
Brown
Milton Whitworth
Elizabethtown
John S. Cooper
Somerset
Cooper
Silas A. Sullivan
Jamestown
Death Toll Three In Vote Violence In Benton Tennessee
Three people died and four were wounded in election violence near a Polk County polling place. Edwin Shearer 32 and Donald Sands 28 were killed in an ambush. Ernest Loudermilk was found dead the next morning. National Guard and Highway Patrol guarded the area as warrants were issued for suspects on charges including murder and attempted murder.
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Benton. Tenn
Tennessee
National Guard
Edwin Shearer
Andrews
N. C
Polk County
Shearer
Donald Sands
Ernest Loudermilk
Mary Rayburn
Lynn Bomar
J. Burton Brown
Los Angeles
Copper Hill
Raymond Radford
McCaysville
James W. Freeman
Ducktown
William L. McGee
Isabella
Tobin Nomination Faces Senate Roadblock and Recess Option
President Truman nominated Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts for labor secretary but Senator Taft blocked immediate confirmation. Legislation sources said a recess appointment could let Tobin serve and be paid during adjournment, pending the next session actions. Barkley urged confirmation citing extraordinary circumstances. Taft argued Cabinet picks need committee review.
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Washington
Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Tobin
Congress
Boston
Bay State
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Barkley
Kentucky
French Financial Plan Passes First Obstacle
Paris August 7 The finance committee of the French national assembly rejected a communist motion to study the plan opening the path for the seven point reform aimed at cutting spending raising taxes boosting production and expanding exports to balance the budget and foreign trade by 1952 Finance Minister Paul Reynaud said France was practically broke noting that 50 percent of imports from 1945 to 1947 were paid with American loans and the rest with French dollar and gold resources and this year purchases in dollar countries will be covered by interim aid and European recovery program funds.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Paul Reynaud
Finance Committee
France
Dixiecrats Spark Sale Spike For Confederate Flags
Dallas reports a dramatic rise in Confederate flag requests as Dixiecrats mobilize against President Truman. Store owner J Hugh Campbell says orders have surged from a few yearly inquiries to several daily calls, with customers frustrated by delays.
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Dallas
J. Hugh Campbell
Truman
Campbell
Impeachment Call Sparks Senate Speech by Ferguson
Senator Ferguson of Michigan urged impeachment of President Truman over refusal to provide loyalty files for Red spy inquiries. He accused new dealers of secrecy and warned Congress must curb executive power to prevent a centralized dictatorship. Senate adjourned amid Democratic anger.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Truman
Congress
Senate
Michigan
White House
WAA Seeks Experienced Workers for Private Jobs
Charleston W VA Aug 7 The War Assets Administration has experienced men and women ready for private industry positions. Norman D Cota regional director Philadelphia says WAA is liquidating with a shrinking staff and many workers are specialists with prewar private industry technical experience.
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Charleston
W. Va
War Assets Administration
Norman D. Cota
Philadelphia
WAA
St Laurent Named Successor To Canada's Mackenzie King
Ottawa Aug 7 French Canadian cabinet minister Louis Stephen St Laurent was overwhelmingly chosen today successor to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. He swept the leadership on the first ballot with 848 votes to 323 for James Gardiner. C G Power had 56. Gardiner and Power agreed to cooperate. St Laurent, Quebec corporation lawyer, already external affairs minister, urged national unity in French and English. Gardiner apologized for not speaking French. Power attacked bureaucracy.
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Ottawa
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie King
King
St. Laurent
National Liberal Party
James Garfield Gardiner
C. G. Power
Air
Gardiner
Power
Laurent
Quebec Corporation
Missing Plane Wreckage Found in Italian Alps
Frankfurt announced the C-47 transport missing since November 28 with 22 aboard was found 9,000 feet up in the Italian Alps 55 miles south of Turin. Two bodies were recovered near the wreckage and papers identified as belonging to crew or passengers.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Italy
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Kaiserslautern
Milan
Nudists Propose Clothing-Free Plan for Peace
In Mays Landing New Jersey on August 7 the American Sunbathing association drafted a humorous peace scheme: if armies wore no clothes no one could recognize friends from foes. Penny Holroyd 18 of Mays Landing was named queen and Daniel Jones 24 of Palmerton was crowned king after a convention at Sun Shine Park. Eleven students tried to attend, with four disguising themselves by shedding garments when police arrived.
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Mays Landing
N. J
American Sunbathing Association
Penny Holroyd
Leslie Holroyd
Sun Shine
Revercomb to Address Roane County Homecoming
Senator Revercomb of West Virginia will speak at the 17th Roane county homecoming celebration in Spencer on September 5. The event draws as many as 50 000 people and is led by Walter Lynch of Charleston as president of the homecoming association since its founding.
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Spencer
W. Va
Sen
Revercomb
R-Wva
Roane County
Walter Lynch
Charleston
Slapping Wife's Hips No Ground For Divorce
Cedar Rapids judge Floyd Philbrick dismissed Mary S. Miner’s divorce petition against Paul R. Miner ruling that slapping a wife on the hips is not ground for divorce. He described the actions as playful antics between husband and wife.
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Cedar Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
aMry S. Miner
Paul R. Miner
Philbrick
Lie Calls For Settlement Of Reich Problem
Secretary general Trygve Lie urged the major powers to settle the German problem within or outside the United Nations and warned against bringing disputes to the UN without a genuine effort to solve them. He also pressed for action on atomic control and the race for biological and chemical weapons, warning against any single ideology's dominance.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lie
General ,Assembly
Thier
U. N
Germany
General Assembly
Paris
Blaisdell Named Assistant Secretary of Commerce by Truman
President Truman nominated Thomas C. Blaisdell Jr. to be assistant secretary of commerce, continuing in the post after a recess appointment. The nomination follows Blaisdell's relevance to senate probes of alleged communist activity, including Remington’s handling of shipments to Russia and ties to Elizabeth Bentley.
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Washington
Truman
Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr
Blaisdell
Senate
William W. Remington
Russia
Remington
FBI
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
Remington Iso
United States vows to reject communist Danube control
Belgrade, Aug. Ambassadors said Washington will reject any communist monopoly over the Danube. Europe’s inland waterway would stay split unless the Soviet bloc makes concessions. Western powers consider walking from the Danube talks if Moscow’s plan remains unchanged.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Cavendish Cannon
Russia
United States
Europee
Danube
Congress Closes Special Session on Anti inflation and Housing
Washington Aug 7 AP Congress ended its extra session after 11 days meeting since July 26 rewriting or blocking Truman anti inflation and housing proposals The Senate adopted a slimmed down two item program curbing installment buying and raising bank reserve requirements while nixing a rationing plan The House backed by voice vote approved a Senate amended housing bill and a $65 million UN headquarters loan The session ended with pending probes into communists and a blown hot debate over price controls.
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Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Atkawl
Federal Reserve System
United Nations
New York
White House
Capitol
Ferguson
Reich
Mrp
Commerce Department
Senator Barkley
D-Ky
America
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
Rep. Monroney
D-Okla
Professor Publishes Anti-Chigger Bulletin at Indiana University
Bloomington Aug 7 The Indiana University zoology assistant professor L C Cole released a mimeographed bulletin for faculty and staff detailing chigger characteristics. He notes no guaranteed method exists but suggests applying clear nail polish to bites to stop itching.
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Bloomington
Ind
L. C. Cole
Indiana University
Greek Guerrillas Driven Backward in Grammos Front
Greek army report says troops pounded a 30 mile semicircular front in Grammos pushing communist guerrillas toward the Albanian border. Vafiades headquarters moved to Nikolitsa in Albania. rebels estimated at 8,000 to 10,000 in the mountains.
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Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Nikolitsa
Albania
Vafiades
Themistokles Sophoulis
Greece
Thrace
Macedonia
Yugoslavia
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Peloponnesus
Central
Three Countries Would Rewrite Press Rights
Geneva Aug 7 The United States Britain and France proposed to the United Nations economic and social council a redraft of the convention on rights of foreign correspondents gathering news The three power proposal would exclude nations that fail to ratify it The Soviet bloc opposed the pact and the change would redefine foreign correspondent as correspondent of a contracting state
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Britain
France
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Planes Press Search For Missing Airmen
About 40 planes intensified the search for a small plane last seen over Wanawha airport at 6 55 a m Friday. Two North Carolina men were aboard the craft piloted by Dr R J Danhey of Newton Conover N C. The search was led by the state National Guard Fighter squadron. The plane reportedly circled east of the airport into the mist after saying it had 18 minutes of fuel left. Heavy overcast prevented a landing.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wanawha
North Carolina
Fred Alley
R. J. Danhey
Newton-Conover
N. C
State National Guard
Miss West Virginia Beauty Pageant Rained Out
Heavy rain washed out the Miss West Virginia pageant at Spurr Memorial playground just after 5 000 people gathered. The full program will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock with 14 floats eight banks and the Wheeling American Legion drum and bugle corps slated to march. Barbara Jo Walker Humme l winner of last year’s Miss America crown will crown the new queen tomorrow night.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Spurr Memorial Playground
Moundsville Country Club
Barbara Jo Walker Hummel
Memphis
Tenn
Trent
Jackson's Mill
Wheeling American Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps
Eat No Meat Campaign Spreads Across Nation
Chicago Aug 7 The Eat No Meat drive gains national momentum as budget-harried housewives join by telephone from Dallas to 16 Texas cities, Louisville Salt Lake City Kansas City San Francisco Indianapolis and Wisconsin towns. Officials predict meat prices rise though packers and grocers offer mixed views. The movement mobilizes thousands of women to forgo meat August 9 and pressure Congress on price controls. Smaller towns Idaho Oregon and California join with local pledges and five-day meatless plans.
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Chicago
Dallas
Louisville
Salt Lake City
Kansas City
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Texas
Wisconsin
R. D. Vaughn
Dallas Women's Chamber of Commerce
Otis Bryant
Dallas Independent Grocers
Velma Perk
Congress
Edward 8. Munmeke
James Browne
Independent Retail Grocers Association
Boise
Idaho
Women’s Club
Council of Women
Butchers Union
Oregon
Portland
Klamath Falls
Eugene
Mystery witness named in Red spy case identified
Washington reports a mystery witness in the alleged Red spy ring case is named Alexander Koral. The House Un-American Activities subcommittee pressed in New York to question him, aiming to reveal a second witness and crack the case wide open. Rep Mundt said Koral was the lead to a further witness, while Rep Rankin plans to subpoena Henry A Wallace over atomic material shipments to Russia.
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Washington
Pi — &New Yorker
Alexander Koral
America
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
New York
Koral
Rep
Mundt
R-S. D
Subcommittee
Rep. Rankin
Dmiss
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
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