Berlin City Hall Seized by Communist Demonstrators
About 500 communist militants occupied Berlin city hall seats while 10,000 demonstrators rallied outside to support a Soviet-aligned government. The counter demo, led by anti-communists, denounced the invasion as a failed putsch. General Lucius D. Clay warned Berlin demonstrators this action would fail.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Germany
Pea
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Christian Democratic Union
Liberal Democrats
Frankfurt
Lucius D. Clay
SEC
Nation Swelters In Heat Wave
Nationwide heat wave bakes the country for a fifth day with New York at 100 and Baltimore at 101, as humidity rises in the midwest. Forecasters warn no relief soon, with cool Canadian air failing to move south and workers sent home in several cities.
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Chicago
Midwest
New York
Baltimore
Maine
Vermont
Plains States
East
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
West Coast
Southwest
Florida
Canada
United States
Yugos Seek To Spread Row With Satellites
Belgrade reports Yugoslavia seeks to widen a rift with Russia and other communist states to a government level. Foreign Minister Stanoje Simic handles a note accusing Romania of violating the treaty of friendship and urging Yugoslav citizens to revolt against Marshal Tito's regime.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Stanoje Simic
Topk
Romania
Marshal Tito
Record Business Level Noted In Pennsy Area
Pittsburgh notes near a record business level as the University of Pittsburgh business research bureau reports the index at 202.0 percent of the 1935-39 average, up from 188.8 a year ago. Steel ingot capacity runs about 93 percent, down from 94 percent. coal tonnage slips while river tonnage rises.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Business Research Bureau
Bluestone Dam Work Is Pushed to September Finish
Bluestone dam concrete work nears completion with last pours planned around September 17. Engineer Col John E Minihan notes 94 percent finished and the project will end of year after cleanup, with final work including handrails, electrical gear, roofs and landscaping contracts.
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Minihan
Dravo Corporation
Pt. Pleasant
Huntington
Grandmother Graduates At Marshall College
Huntington news reports Mrs. Gladys Shafer Lapole will receive a bachelor of arts degree from Marshall College at summer commencement. She pursued eight years of study while balancing home and professional duties. Her husband Lindsay L. Lapole died 14 years ago. She is among 233 graduates with witnesses including her three children and two grandchildren. Robert E. Lapole, a Marshall senior in engineering, is one of her children. Grandchildren ages six and three also attend the ceremony.
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Huntington
W. Va
Marshall College
Gladys Shafer Lapole
Lindsay L
Robert E. Lapole
Marshall
Wallace Slated For Two Virginia Talks
Henry A. Wallace will speak in Virginia on Sunday in Richmond and Norfolk. Progressive party officers say both meetings will be nonsegregated to avoid race separation. Richmond police classify the event as private to sidestep state segregation laws, while Norfolk timing remains unspecified.
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Richmond
Henry A. Wallace
Virginia
Norfolk
Progressive Party
O. D. Garton
Moscow Parley Chances Good in Kremlin Talks
Moscow reports a shift from fair to good in prospects for a four power agreement on procedure at the Kremlin talks. U S Ambassador Bedell Smith French Ambassador Chataigneau and British envoy Frank Roberts prepared for another meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov as the eighth conference since July 30 pressed on. Western envoys met at the American embassy and appeared satisfied with progress.
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Moscow
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
V. M. Molotov
Young Mother Bravely Faces Flames to Save Children
In New Kensington Pennsylvania a 32 year old mother Mrs Gladys Yohe woke to fire and twice carried children Eugene 11 and Richard 8 from a burning home before returning for her three year old son William. She suffered severe burns to feet and shoulders and remained in serious condition. William's father Lawson Yohe was at work during the tragedy.
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New Kensington
Gladys Yohe
Milligantown
Yohe
Eugene
Richard
William
Lawson
Scranton Rebuilds From Coal Decline Into Prosperity
Scranton, Pennsylvania reversed decades of coal downturn after 1946 plans. Citizens bought Scranton bonds and built a $3.5 million defense plant, spurring 11 new factories. By 1948 the population topped 300,000 as industry returned and work spread from miners to housewives and merchants.
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Scranton
Scranton Plan, Inc
Scranton - Lackawanna Industrial Building Co
Willis W. Jones
Scranton Chamber of Commerce
Mercury Hits 112 in New Hartford Heat Wave
In the Litchfield county town of New Hartford the Mercury section reports the hottest day of the summer at 112 degrees. The reading reflects an extreme heat event across Satan's Kingdom section of Mercury.
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Conn
Litchfield County
New Hartford
Globe Circlers Enroute Home After Rescue
New York Aug 26 The couple Benjamin F Carlin and his wife were rescued after 10 days adrift in a 17 foot craft. They had started circumnavigation in a converted army amphibious duck from New York aiming for the Azores before heading to Montreal aboard the tanker New Jersey. Carlin an Australian engineer and former wartime major, and his wife had hoped to complete the trip in six months.
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New York
Globe
Montreal
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Benjamin F. Carlin
Azores
Carlin
Letters From Kasenkina Studied By Authorities
Washington reports photographs of two letters believed written by Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina are being turned over to New York police to verify authenticity. Officials say the letters may reveal her frame of mind during the Reed farm incident and escape from the Soviet consulate. The state department noted authenticity has not been confirmed and expects police to examine Kasenkina in hospital.
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Washington
Moscow
Oksana S. Kasenkina
New York
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
New York Police. Will Check Personally With Mrs. Kasenkina
Russia
Jacob M. Lomakin
U. S
San Francisco
Vladivostok
Kasenkina
Lomakin
Mikhail Samarin
Vladivostock
McDermott
Chambers
Smith
Thomas
Ers
Department of Justice
Hiss
Kaiser Frazer to Take Over Cleveland Steel Plant
Henry J. Kaiser announced Kaiser Frazier steel experts will fly to Cleveland to arrange to take over the blast furnace plant leased from the government. The move follows protests from Republic Steel and Preston Tucker and a congressional probe that left the plant’s status unchanged. Republic has operated the plant as lease talks extend beyond August 31, with a shutdown threat looming.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazier
Cleveland
Kaiser
Republic Steel Corp
Preston Tucker
Republic
Cable Blowouts Halt Manhattan Subways
Power cable blowouts in two subway power houses stopped traffic on the BMT and IRT lines in Manhattan and the Bronx. Trains were stranded between stations as passengers packed the stations. Service was disrupted for about thirty minutes to an hour with cause not yet determined.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Bluefield Free Lemonade Halts Heat With 115 Gallons
The Bluefield chamber served 115 gallons of lemonade to more than 1,500 residents as the 90 plus degree heat pushed a 14 year pledge into action. Tomorrow may bring more if temperatures stay high and officials consider lemonade fountains.
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Mercury
Chamber
Owen Rickard
Rickard
Miss Kellems Quits Town Over Zoning Row
Miss Vivien Kellems, cable grip maker, says she and her family will leave Westport by December 1 with their cable grip business, citing persecution by a small local group. She abandons plans to appeal a Fairfield county common pleas court order requiring Shop relocation to comply with zoning regulations.
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Westport
Conn
Vivien Kellems
United States Treasury Department
Westport Town
Fairfield County Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas Court
Probe Ordered Into Atheist Radio Rights
Washington August 26 A congressional investigation was ordered into a 1946 FCC decision on atheist rights to free radio time and respond to religious broadcasts Public hearings will open next Tuesday as Rep Harness chairs the special House committee The inquiry seeks to clarify the uncertain status of religious broadcasts and consider legislation when the new Congress convenes in January
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Rep
Harness
R-Ind
Special House
FCC
Congress
Heat Wave Sparks Oddities From Bridges To Cisterns
A searing Chicago day prompts a string of oddities as heat expands steel on a New Haven draw bridge and forces its cooling by a fire boat. In Texas a hot cistern fire starts from incendiary lime in a lumber yard. Chicago Daily News reporter notes cool outfits unused by businessmen. Pittsburgh and Boston games reference heat as Red Sox top Indians 8-4. Baltimore pools close for season amid 101 degree heat.
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Chicago
Mississippi
New Haven
Conn
Cotsicana
Texas
Virginia Leimert
Chicago Daily News
Miss Leimert
Lommuter
Pennsylvania
Cold Point
Boston
Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Mercury
Cleveland
Cloose
Baltimore
Ex-Commie Names Hiss As Red Party Member
Washington Aug 26 AP Louis Budenz former Communist leader testifies before HUAC that Hiss was under Communist discipline and associated with key party members while denying he was a party member. Budenz identified Smith, Witt, Pressman, Abt as connected with Communists. Hearings planned for September 7 on espionage cases and broader inquiries.
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Commie
Hiss
Red Party
Washington
Louis Budenz
Alger Hiss
House Committee On un-American Activities
Budenz
Fordham University
Mr. Hiss
Communist Party
Nathan Iwtt
Edwin Smith
Mr. Smith
Witt
Lee Pressman
John Abt
Chambers
Old Agricultural -Adjustment Administration
New Deal
Spider Holds Edge In Battle With Snake
Norman B. Lingenfelter reports a spider in York Center near Villa Park has ensnared a garter snake in a web. The spider, nickel sized and light green, hoisted the snake from floor to hammock height using a growing web. He plans to let nature run its course.
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Chicago
Norman B. Lingenfelter
Lingenfelter
York Center
Villa Park
Lingerfelter
Hurricane Lashes Southern Seas
A distant hurricane battered a Russian freighter about 1,000 miles southeast of Miami with winds near 100 mph while another freighter John Howard sought towing aid 250 miles east of Brunswick. The American Virginia cleared the storm, and Red Cross officials prepared while noting land impact uncertain for Florida or Georgia.
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Miami
Fla
Petimakis Nomikos
John Howard
Brunswick
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Virginia
American Red Cross
Florida
Georgia
AFL Officials Flail 1948 Housing Act
Chicago August 26 The American Federation of Labor criticizes the 1948 housing act as inadequate for workers while aiding private builders and homeowners. The council notes it may help upper and middle income families but not the average worker or veteran. It condemns the House rules committee for blocking the Wagner-Ellender-Taft bill.
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Chicago
American Federation of Labor
House Rules Committee
House of Representatives
Senate
Shaw's Fifth Marriage Lands On Rocky Shores
New York Aug 26 A supreme court justice ordered band leader Artie Shaw to pay Kathleen Winsor Shaw 150 weekly alimony and 3500 for counsel fees while he seeks an annulment. Shaw claims previous Mexico divorces were void and his wife refused children. The judge noted Shaw's five marriages and public notoriety.
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New York
Supreme Court
Artie Shaw
Kathleen Winsor Shaw
Shaw
Mexico
Amber
Samuel Dickstein
Dickstein
Truman Heads For Washington on Nine Day Cruise
President Truman, tanned and cheerful, sails toward home on the nine day pre campaign cruise aboard the Williamsburg. He handles official papers by amphibious planes and briefs ministers on Moscow talks. He halted a Pittsburgh and West Virginia railway strike by signing an emergency board order, delaying action for 60 days. He also approved a 1948 price support for rice. The Williamsburg rested at a naval mine depot before anchoring off Sharne's island Maryland.
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Yorktown
Truman
Williamsburg
Moscow
Pittsburgh and
West Virginia
Independent
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Brannan
Naval Mine Depot
Here
Sharne’s Island
Maryland
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Kaiser-Frazer
Wilhelm Pieck
Theu. S
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Miss Kellems
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Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
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Budeng
National Labor Relations Board
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National Bureau of Standards
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Rocky Shores
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