Airlines To Hike Fares 10 Percent
Washington reports airlines will raise passenger fares by 10 percent following an industry conference with the Civil Aeronautics Board. Chairman Joseph O Connell Jr said losses totaled 16 million dollars in the year ending March 31. The plan targets the big five carriers American United Trans World Eastern and Northwest, with promotional and family fare ideas under consideration.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Joseph J. O. O'Connell, Jr
Cab
O'Connell
American
Trafffic
Jews And Arabs Warned In Jerusalem Truce
The security council warned Jews and Arabs to avoid violations of the Jerusalem truce. A four power plan led by the United States Britain France and Canada held both sides responsible for actions by regular or irregular forces. Ukraine and Russia abstained on some paragraphs while Syria and Colombia opposed parts of the proposal. The session adjourned after remaining council agenda items with a September meeting anticipated and a five point resolution introduced by Philip S. Jessup on behalf of the four nations.
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General Assembly
Paris
U. S
Philip S. Jessup
Teethed printer mishap at Texarkana Gazette
The Texarkana Gazette front page boasted this edition has teeth as printer S H White dropped his false teeth into a pile of scrap metal and the melting pot. The teeth were mixed with lead used to cast pages for the Gazette.
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Texarkana
Texarkana Gazette
S. H. White
Gazette
Judge Seeks Nine Baby Sitters In Crowd Court
Magistrate Jacob Doyle faced nine mothers with infants in traffic court in Philadelphia. He disposed of their cases in five minutes and advised them to leave the babies at home due to the risk of infantile paralysis in crowded courtrooms.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Doyle
Dogle
Last Rites For Babe Ruth Held
New York remembers Babe Ruth with a public outpouring as 6 000 attend a solemn mass at St Patrick's Cathedral and 57 000 watch from Fifth Avenue and Rockefeller Center. Gov. Dewey and Mayor O Dwyer lead pallbearers. open services honor poor and rich fans alike.
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New York
Babe Ruth
America
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
Rockfeller Center
Francis Cardinal Speman
St. Patrick's
Thomas E. Dewey
William O'Dwyer
Claire Ruth
Richard Flanders
Dorothy Sullivan
Wilbur Moberly
Ruth
Bootleggers Welcome Temperance Tornado in Kansas
In Manhattan Kansas the Temperance Tornado caravan welcomed by anonymous bootleggers led by Glen Cunningham a 1930s track star. The 12 day tour opposes repealing the state prohibition amendment and moves toward Topeka for a rally on the statehouse lawn. A youth climbed a pole to remove a banner saying Welcome Temperance Tornado Courtesy Manhattan bootleggers.
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Manhattan
Kas
Kansas
Glen Cunningham
Topeka
State Capitol
Statehouse
Cunningham
Manhattan Bootleggers
Air Defense Practice Planned in Britain with US Bombers
The air ministry said nearly 100 American B-29 Superfortress bombers based in Britain will join the Royal Air Force next month for the largest postwar air defense drill. The exercise will involve all RAF home commands and auxiliary units, with the London area as the primary target for the attacking forces.
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London
Air Ministry
Britain
Royal Air Force
RAF
Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Labor's Ballot Decision Nears
The CIO and AFL confront presidential endorsements amid Democratic platform praise and GOP criticism. CIO to vote Aug 30 on backing a candidate. AFL groups weigh support while some unions dissociate from Truman. Dewey and Wallace draw mixed reactions on foreign policy and campaign confidence.
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Truman
Gov. Dewey
CIO
Washington
Wallace
AFL
Chicago
William Green
Dewey
The
Teamsters
Green
Phil Pearl
Philip Murray
Henry Wallace
Albert J. Fitzgerald
United Electrical Workers
Italy
United Nations
United States
Paul E. Lockwood
New York
Earl Warren
California
Cobra drives boat capsizes in India flood
In Madras on August 19 a cobra leaped into a crowded boat as floodwaters on the Cauvery river rose. The panic caused the vessel to capsize leaving 29 dead and one survivor swimming ashore.
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Madras
India
South India
Cauvery
Coal Exhibit Draws 9000 On First Day
The 1948 Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibition opened with a banner crowd of over 9,000, more than double the 1946 opening. Crowds lined the streets for a gala parade led by Queen Bituminous Marilyn Mustard and maid Libby Taylor. Exhibits include trains, heavy machinery, the world’s largest structure, and new films. The show runs today and tomorrow for industry professionals, with concerts by the N. & W. band and a Pioneer Miners reunion on Saturday.
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Kelly Cocanougher
Queen Bituminous
Marilyn Mustard
Libby Taylor
Beaver
Genoa
Bluefield
Bluefield’s Lion’s Club
A. Harry West
Rish Equipment
Bluefield Supply Company
Bluefield Country Club
Roanoke
Pioneer
Fred J. Bailey
Pioneer Miners’ Club
Russian Instructor Back In Oxygen Tent
Oksana Kosenkina was returned to an oxygen tent after four hours without aid. Roosevelt hospital reported her condition very much improved with alertness, lower temperature, and steady pulse though still listed as critical. A blood transfusion was given and oxygen resumed at 6 p m.
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New York
Oksana Kosenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Gkisana Stepanovna Ko- Senkina
New York City
Anti Communist Show In Berlin
In Berlin an anti communist demonstration grew after a gunfire raid by Soviet controlled German police in downtown. About 600 Germans taunted the police shouting communism and "these pigs" while stoning officers into retreat. Five Germans were wounded by police fire and one may be fatally hurt. Witnesses said some Soviet flats were burned though not confirmed.
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Berlin
Cr. C. Bond
U.S
Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer Square
Smith Followers To Organize New Party
Smith followers plan a two day Kiel auditorium convention starting tomorrow to form a new nationalist party. Gerald L K Smith, founder of the Christian Nationalist Crusade, promises a principal speaker at closing and says the two old parties are morally bankrupt. He attacks the Henry Wallace party as communist, accuses the organized Jew of shaping policy, and claims the Negro vote in city slums dominates politics, urging a crusade building a nationalist party with Christian ideals and racial self respect.
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St. Louis
Gerald L. K. Smith
Kiel Auditorium
Smith
New Controls Put On Most Credit Buying
Washington August 19 AP The government imposes credit controls on most consumer installment purchases from 50 to 5000 dollars starting September 20 A one third down payment applies to autos and 20 percent to many appliances including stoves refrigerators washers radios and vacuum cleaners Time limits 15 months for plans 1000 or less and 18 months for over 1000 Regulation W restores postwar controls with legal penalties up to 10000 fine and ten years imprisonment Also enforceable by injunction and license suspension Exclusions include medical dental hospital educational and funeral expenses real estate and home improvement loans stocks bonds fire and casualty insurance business or agricultural loans and educational religious or charitable institutions Also down payment applies to 11 listed goods and certain items remain exempt Jewelry silverware pianos and musical instruments are still exempt.
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Washington
Federal‘reserve Board
Envoys May Talk To Molotov Again Today
In Moscow, Aug 19, western envoys prepared to meet with Soviet foreign minister Molotov. Observers expect negotiations with the Soviet Union to be in an advanced stage, possibly nearing a conclusion before another session with Stalin. No inside info, but diplomatic replies to Monday Kremlin talks are awaited from Washington, London, and Paris.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Molotov
Stalin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneaux
Kremlin
State Department Says Teacher Beyond Red Control
The United States rejected Soviet protests over Soviet school teachers who sought refuge in America. The State Department delivered a reply to Molotov and Panyushkin, declining to comment before tomorrow’s publication. It ruled that one refugee, Mrs Kosenkina, remains beyond Soviet control while in the United States. President Truman affirmed asylum rights for political refugees and praised the teachers for signaling belief in individual freedom.
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State Department
Washington
United States
Molotov
Alexander
Panyushkin
McDermott
Oksana Stepyanovna Kosenkina
Mikhail Lamarine
Truman
New York
Attorneys Ready For Heavy Work
West Virginia Bar association opens its 62nd annual convention in White Sulphur Springs with business sessions planned. Chief Justice Vinson warns of a volatile world, urging faith and courage. Judge Charles Ritchie elected president, with D M Easley, J Harper Meredith, and J Frank Eaton named to key posts.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia Bar Association
State Judicial Council
Bar Association
Albert S. Kemper,Jr
Bluefield
West Virginia State Bar Association
James R. Caskie
Lynchburg
State Judicial Association
Fred M. Vinson
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Vinson
Charles Ritchie
Common Pleas Court
Kanawha County
Association
Charles W. Ferguson
Wayne
D. M. Easley
J. Harper Meredith
Fairman
J. Frank Eaton
Cabell County
New China Currency To Fight Inflation
Aug 19 Nanking The Chinese government announces a new gold yuan worth 25 cents replacing the old money in an attempt to curb inflation. Shanghai financiers doubt its long term success and warn it may only erase zeros from vast sums. Banks closed to enable exchange of old for new with a November 20 deadline and penalties after October 30 for holding foreign currencies.
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Nanking
Shanghai
Mae Cunningham Must Close Up Her House
Mae Cunningham was ordered to close her house of prostitution until the courts determine if it is a public nuisance. District Judge A J Maestretti issued the order after dismissing her complaint that county officials threatened her with irreparable loss and injury.
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Reno
Mae Cunningham
A. J. Maestretti
Mae
Three Former New Dealers To Be Quizzed
Washington Aug 19 three former New Deal lawyers John Abt Lee Pressman and Nathan Witt were summoned to testify before the House Un American Activities Committee behind closed doors in a probe of an alleged communist spy ring. They had been accused by a witness of membership in a prewar underground.
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Washington
New Deal
John Abt
Lee Pressman
Nathan Witt
House un-American Activities Committee
Truman
House Committee
State Department
Moscow
Kosenkina
Aut
Pressman
Witt
House
Chambers
Hiss
Time Magazine
Tomorrow
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
CIO
Abt
Douglas Compton Shooting Victim on Bluefield Ave
Douglas Compton was wounded in the arm when an assailant jumped onto his running board and fired three shots as he drove along College Avenue in Bluefield Virginia. One bullet hit his arm, another damaged the upholstery, and the third missed. Compton said the attacker ambushed him and demanded he stop, but he sped away. police know the suspect but have not arrested him.
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Douglas Compton
Compston
College Avenue
Bluefield
Compton
Kiss Assault Case Shocks Detroit Boss
Tony Texakes, a restaurant supplier, was found guilty of assault and battery after kissing his 17 year old secretary June Parrish. Parrish described the kiss as violent and inappropriate, despite defense claiming it was a friendly business routine. Judge O Z Ide rejected the defense and ruled the act an assault.
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Detroit
Aus
Tony Texakes
June Parrish
Judge Ide
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