Armed Service Chiefs Assign War Time Jobs
Washington reports an Aug 23 agreement among the army navy and air force to seek mutual aid if cost or efficiency improves. Each service retains primary field responsibilities while cooperation expands. Details on strategic bombing and Berlin airlift roles remain unclear as the first joint budget for 1950 51 is prepared by the joint chiefs of staff for Forrestal.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Newport
Key West
Fla
Berlin
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Forrestal
Experts Still Stumped By Rash Of Fires In Macomb
State Fire Marshal John Craig says arson is a main line of investigation into about 200 fires at Charles Willey farm last week. He notes first fires in the house were likely accidental but later blazes may have been set by someone. Willey, his wife, and neighbors reported brown spots forming on walls before flames. The house and two barns burned. other structures partly burned.
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Macomb
Charles Willey
John Craig
Springfield
Craig
Colonial Estate Seized From Monroe Heir at Oak Hill
Federal deputy marshals moved to take possession of Oak Hill the former Monroe estate in Leesburg Virginia. The 1 725 acre property with a 20 room mansion was foreclosed in bankruptcy proceedings. Owner Frank C Littleton reportedly resisted with a pistol and warned deputies off the premises.
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Leesburg
Oak Hill
James Monroe
Frank C. Littleton
U. S
Loudoun County
S. P. Alexander
Litteton
Burglar Loots Army Navy Surplus Store in Ardmore Raid
A burglar broke into an army navy surplus store in Ardmore Oklahoma yesterday as temperatures hit 103 degrees. The loot included four pairs of snowshoes and 20 rushing poles 36 feet long.
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Ardmore
Okla
Truman Begins 1948 Campaign Speeches Aboard Yacht
President Truman starts drafting campaign speeches aboard the White House yacht Williamsburg during a Labor Day swing through Michigan. He will deliver liberal notes in Detroit and four other Michigan cities while the vessel travels via Chesapeake Bay and coastal ports. Presidential aides report no action on Soviet consul Jacob Lomakin’s credentials, with papers to sign arriving by courier.
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Wanderer
Truman
White House
Williamsburg
Detroit
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Wilamsburg
Ross
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Pontiac
Flint
Lansing
Clark M. Clifford
John R. Steelman
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis
York River
Yorktown
Jacob Lomakin
New York
Freedom Train Planners to Meet in Bluefield
Joseph M. O'Donahue of the American Heritage Foundation will lead a Wednesday 11 am planning session in the Munich building council room to outline arrangements for the Freedom Train visit to Bluefield on September 28. The meeting follows a prior session. rededication week is urged for civic and business groups and Bluefield citizens.
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Joseph M. O'Donahue
American Heritage Foundation
Ee Council
Munich
Bluefiel
Bluefield
Hen Performs Brave Effort Ends in Hen Death
In Oklahoma City on August 23 a Plymouth Rock hen collapsed after laying a gigantic soft shelled egg nine inches by twelve. Owner Leon Nelson found her dead and an operation revealed five additional eggs inside. Nelson called the bird's effort her best.
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Oklahoma City
Leon Nelson
Nelson
Metropolitan Opera to Present 1948-49 Season After All
The Metropolitan Opera in New York will mount the 1948-49 season after 12 unions agreed to shelve wage and benefit demands. The company canceled August 4 citing a 220000 dollar deficit and rising costs. Directors said they would pursue federal social security coverage and state unemployment insurance for staff.
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New York
Theetropolitan Opera
The
Opera Association
Met
American Guild of Musical Artists
Lawrence Tibbet
American Federation of Musicians
Soviet Envoy Leaving No Hurry Says Vice Consul
In New York the Soviet vice consul Zot I Chepurnykh said he is leaving for Russia with no hurry and would not disclose timing. Consul Jacob Lomakin, recalled by the U S state department, plans to sail Saturday on the Stockholm with his wife and two children in a $1400 suite. Unclear if Lomakins proceed to Russia.
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New York
Zot I. Chepurnykh
Russia
Jacob M. Lomakin
U.S. State Department
Chepurnykh
Stockholm
Goeteborg
Sweden
Lomakin
Lomakins
Town Sold To Epstein in Norris Tennessee Auction
A 27-year-old Philadelphia real estate man, Henry David Epstein, will assume ownership of Norris Tennessee this week after paying $471,875 to the Tennessee Valley Authority. The town, built in 1934 for Norris dam workers, was auctioned June 15 as a government town housing 341 homes. Epstein plans 1,000 new homes to serve Knoxville and Oak Ridge residents, with current residents offered first chance to buy existing houses.
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New York
Philadelphia
Norris
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Henry David Epstein
Norris Dam
TVA
Epstein
Knoxville
Atomic Center
Oak Ridge
U S Gives 16 Billion in Postwar Aid Across Nations
United Nations figures show the United States has distributed about 16.16 billion in private and government aid since World War II. Britain follows with 6.67 billion, France with 3.96 billion, and Canada Argentina Sweden and the Soviet Union also ranking high in aid received or loaned. The totals include government and intergovernmental agency support, private corporate giving, and exclude some relief agencies.
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Geneva
United States
United Nations
Britain
Canada
Argentina
Sweden
Soviet Union
Poland
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
International Children’s Emergency Fund
International Refugee Organization
Pineapple mogul rescued after sailboat swamped near Diamond Head
Honolulu August 23 Richard A Dole 40 of Hawaii s famed pineapple producers and a woman companion were rescued late yesterday by the coast guard auxiliary after their sailboat was swamped off Diamond Head Two others swam to shore while a fifth crew member Miss Kathleen Burkhalter 24 formerly of Tuscaloosa Alabama drowned within feet of safety in the incident
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Honolulu
Richard A. Dole
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Diamond Head
Kathleen Burkhalter
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Evicted janitor bayonets landlord in Chicago
A 40 year old janitor seized a World War I bayonet and stabbed landlord Frederick Kuehn 63 multiple times after eviction. Police said bailiff Robert Barr, held without charge, fled with the man as he returned to the street where Kuehn waited. Barr reportedly aided in detaining the attacker after the assault.
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Chicago
Frederick Kuehn
Robert Barr
le Roy Steffens
Angelo Gazzola
Barr
Gazzola
Kuehn
Steffens
Wringer Snared Woman Rescued By Firemen
New Orleans August 23 A large hook and ladder truck with many firemen responded to a woman trapped in a washing machine wringer. Mrs Rachel Bellett cried for help as the wringer grabbed her arm. Neighbors called the department and the crew arrived quickly. Mrs Belott freed herself before they arrived and was taken for first aid at a hospital.
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New Orleans
Rachel Bellett
Beliott
Judge Decides Citizenship Restorations for Tule Lake List
Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman ruled that about 2,000 Japanese-Americans who renounced U S citizenship during the war may be added to the Tule Lake list of citizenships to be restored. With roughly 2,900 names already on the list, the rulings take effect in about 120 days, around Christmas.
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San Francisco
Louis E. Goodman
Goodman
Tule Lake
U S Production Hits Record 248 Billion Quarterly Output
The Commerce Department reports second quarter 1948 gross national product at an annual rate of 248 billion dollars, 21 percent above 1946 output, aided by consumer spending gains, higher government outlays, and steady investment. Net foreign investment remained strong at 4 billion. Personal income rose to 209 billion annually, with tax cuts boosting disposable income by about 3 billion.
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Washington
America
Commerce Department
Most Atom Workers Won't Return To Jobs
At Los Alamos New Mexico 3500 construction and maintenance workers began a five day stoppage in protest of alleged non union labor brought in by Brown and Root Inc Houston Texas Most workers have not yet returned as U S mediation and conciliation service seeks to resolve the dispute A small number returned to work today after the stoppage began last Wednesday
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Los Alamos
N M
Brown and Root, Inc
Houston
Tex
Brown and Root
First Heat Wave Boosts Mercury Across Nation
The first sustained heat wave of the summer pushed temperatures to the high 90s and around 100 across a wide swath from South Dakota and Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Cool spells touched the coasts and Montana. Rain was virtually absent. Forecasters said it helps corn and marks the season’s first lasting heat wave.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Minnesota
Gulf of Mexico
Montana
Rattlesnake Bite Fatal to Florida Boy
In Sarasota, Aug. 23, Thurman McDonald Rowell, 12, was bitten while hunting night hawks near his home. He refused supper, took one more shot, and a rattlesnake bit him in the leg. He died eight hours later.
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Sarasota
Fla
Thurman McDonald Rowell
Reds Stir New Tension As Berlin Row Warms Up
Berlin Aug 23 AP. Russians freed three Americans but again invaded the American sector to seize a German photographer. Headen a former newspaper man described harsh待遇 and recounted time in a Russian jail. Two other Americans were released later after detention near the Russian border. The incident underscores Soviet efforts to curb Western photo coverage near Potsdamer Platz as patrols from all three sectors watch the border area.
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Berlin Row
Berlin
Iowa
Rowland M. Myers
Brooklyn
U. S
Headen
No Man's Land
Potsdamer Platz
Western Sector
Franz Erdmann
New York
Kansas City
Turner
Myers
Goths
Weimar
Big Four Parley Gets New Hope From Stalin
Moscow August 24. Prime Minister Stalin’s talks with envoys of the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union continued with new life to seek a settlement of Berlin and German issues. Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith reported plans for more meetings and optimism in the Kremlin talks, which have stretched over multiple sessions. The session lasted about four hours and forty minutes and included Molotov and the British and French envoys.
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Moscow
Stalin
Kremlin
Berlin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Smith
Frank Roberts
Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Washington
London
Paris
Moving house mixup ends in 12 mile detour
Forsan Texas August 23 Dr J Lamb saw a four room house being moved toward Big Springs and called his son in law Wally Heideman who identified the structure as home The movers had picked up a house at Ross City Texas by mistake Heideman’s home is back after a 12 mile round trip
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Forsan
Tex
Dr. J. Lamb
Big Springs
Texas
Wally Heideman
Hiedeman
Ross City
Heideman
Roanoke Site Of GOP Center
Roanoke Virginia September first marks the opening of Republican headquarters for western Virginia at the Hotel Ponce De Leon. Robert H. Woods outlines the office will serve districts five through nine with C B Thornton Jr in charge in Roanoke. The move coincides with party planning for the sixth district race of John Strickler and a statewide American Legion convention.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Hotel Ponce de Leon
Robert H. Woods
Pearlsburg
Richmond
C. B. Thornton, Jr
Woods
U. S. Senate
Western Virginia
Virginia Department of the American Legion
GOP
Erle Lutz
Lutz
American Legion
Dewey
Warren
20 Men Escape When Gold Mine Caves In
In Marysville Montana at the Drumlummon mine the 20 man day shift escaped unhurt after the main shaft caved in. About 50 feet of track bed collapsed on the 400 foot level, blocking the shaft with muck and timbers between 500 and 600 feet. The crew escaped via safety manways completed two months earlier and were aided by ropes from emergency exits.
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Marysville
Mont
Drumlummon
Montana Rainbow Mining Company
W. R. Wade
Wade
Pickets Bar Protests at Proctor Electric Plant
Several hundred pickets blocked entry to the Proctor Electric Co. plant in Philadelphia as police failed to break through the barrier. About 50 office workers, mostly women, retreated across the street after efforts to reach their offices were thwarted. The strike was approved yesterday by over 450 members of Local 136 CIO United Electric Radio and Machine Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Proctor Electric Co
Cio-United Electric Radio and Machine Workers
Kansas Loan Firm Slaying Is Probed
Emporia Kansas August reports a state official indicating three more people will be implicated in the dealings surrounding the slaying of Herbert J. Kindred, 60, president of a loan firm. The Kansas Corporation Commission chair says one man could not have handled the book-juggling alone.
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Emporia, Kas
Herbert J. Kindred
Jeff Robertson
Kanasas Corporation Commission
Topeka
Ruth Will Leaves Fame to Kids Foundation in Will
Babe Ruth’s death bed remark about “the kids of America” guides his probate will filed in New York. One tenth of the estate supports the Babe Ruth Foundation with nine tenths to his two adopted daughters. widow Mrs Ruth incomes during lifetime. Other bequests include 5000 to Mrs Ruth and two adopted daughters, 10000 to sister Mary Moberly, and 500 each to nurse Frank Delaney and maid Mary Reith. The will dates a week before his Aug 16 death.
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New York
Babe Ruth
The
Kids of America
King's
Babe Ruth Foundation
Ruth
Memorial Hospital
New York Yankees
Ahe Kids of
America
Babe Ruth Foundation, Inc
Julia Ruth Flanders
North Conway
N. H
Dorothy Ruth Sullivan
New York City
Mary M. Moberly
Baltimore, Md
Frank Delaney
Mary Reith
Red Dean Cannot Enter U S For Lecture Tour
Canterbury figure Dr Hewlett Johnson known as the red dean has been refused a visa to the United States. His planned tour was to be funded by the American Soviet Friendship Society, listed as subversive by Attorney General Tom Clark. Washington officials say they have no personal objections but caution the visit would not be in the national interest. The same organization is on the subversive list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hewlett Johnson
Canterbury
United States
Tom Clark
Johnson
London Daily Worker
Lady In Black Seen At Valentino Tomb
Hollywood dated Aug 23 a woman in black appeared at Rudolph Valentino's tomb marking the 22nd anniversary of his death. The claimant, Ditra Flame, heads the Valentino memorial guild and said she came on foot with chrysanthemums. Valentino died of acute appendicitis in New York.
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Hollywood
Rudolph Valentino
Idol
Ditra Flame
Valentino Memorial Guild
Valentino
New York
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