Red Planes Enter Berlin Corridor Reported
July 7 British authorities disclosed five Russian hunter planes sighted in a corridor between Berlin and Hamm. The BEA said Yak pilots did not fly dangerously near the city. An official noted the Russian commander sought urgent questions on flying boats on the Havel. U.S. planes flew in poor weather, delivering over 1 000 tons of supplies as American aid continued to stream into western sectors amid fuel and coal shortages.
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Berlin
Hammirg
Yes
Descavariers
Mee bin Slane
BEA
Havel
U.S
Delekeuered
Czech Patriots Face Red Probe
Czech Patriots face a government probe into the cultural and athletic Sokol organization after demonstrations in Prague in support of Eduard Benes. Police broke up groups loyal to Benes, while the army announced political instruction for officers and a review of high command.
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Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Prague
Kle- Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Aries
Benes
Woodros Wilson
Three Year Old Killed By Bear Near Sault Ste Marie
In Michigan's Marquette forest west of Sault Ste Marie a forest ranger's three year old daughter Carolino Pomrankey was carried off by a bear and killed while playing on a cabin porch. A posse of about 100 men, including hunters, farmers and woodsmen, found her body a quarter mile from the cabin. authorities reported the bear attack as the cause of death.
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Mich
Marquette National Forest
Here
Carolino Pomrankey
Sorehbiee Payee Aee
Carol Ann
Arthur Pomrankey
Mission Hill
Dick Ther
Rabbits Guarded by Tomcat Found in Pasture
In Centerville Iowa Roy Long an interior decorator found two missing rabbits and a guarding tomcat alive in a nest in tall grass six days after they disappeared from his home. The discovery occurred while Long walked through a pasture near his residence.
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Roy Long
Long
War resumes Friday as truce ends in Holy Land conflict
Cairo reports an Arab league spokesman says fighting will restart Friday despite Israel's apparent acceptance of Bernadotte's truce extension proposal. No extension of the four week ceasefire is promised, with UN efforts to negotiate ongoing as Hadassah Hospital and Hebrew University are evacuated by Haganah forces. King Farouk visits the southern Palestine front as Lebanon notes 150000 refugees burden Beirut.
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Israel
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Palestine
United Nations
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Agwest
Bernadotte
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Haifa
Abdel Rahman Assam Pasha
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Haganah
Hadassah Hospital
Hebrew University
United Nations Security Police
Farouk
Egypt
Palestine Front
Interior Ministry
Beirut
Lebanon
July 8 is a big date for Maurice Barlet in Hazleton
Hazleton, July 7. Maurice Barlet born July 8, 1918. He earned the Silver Star for gallantry. He died July 4, 1944, in Normandy. Tomorrow his body arrives in Hazleton for reburial.
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Maurice Barlet
Maurice
Barlet
Normandy
Captive Coal Row Study Signals Labor Action Ahead
Washington July 7 The government weighs a court order against the captive coal strike that feeds U S steel mills with coal Nearly a quarter of 400000 soft coal diggers were off the job as steel firms resisted a union shop clause in the new contract NLRB aide teams probe unfair labor practice accusations against John L Lewis and the UMW Taft Hartley rules require a formal complaint before court action Lewis balks at a non communist oath prolonging the stalemate and curtailing steel output.
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Washington
America
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Isigel
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Denham
District Court
Pittsburgh
Lewis
UMW
Mines
Steel Company
NLRB
Jury Indicts Prisoner In Death Of Druggist
Fayetteville West Virginia July 7 A Fayette County grand jury indicted Lemuel Thomas Steed 28 a Boomer Negro for the murder and robbery of Loren R McClung 50 a Smithers druggist McClung was killed and robbed of an estimated 38000 on July 1 after picking up a hitchhiker Sgt W R Callaghan said Steed admitted the shooting and robbing Vickers said it had not been determined when Steed would be brought to trial
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Lemuel Thomas Steed
Fayette County
Loren R. McClung
Stee
McClung
Carl B. Vickers
Steed
Poland Protest Rejected Over Western Germany Plan
Washington July 7 AP The United States advised Poland to direct complaints to Moscow rather than western powers about Europe and Germany as the State Department rejected Poland's protest against plans to establish a separate government in western Germany. Lovett blamed Russia for the Berlin split and urged Poland to seek redress from the country chiefly responsible for blocking Western unity.
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Germany
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France
Berlin
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Lovett
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Russia
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Lovell
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
UN Appeals To Arabs And Jews For Palestine Cease-Fire Extension
In Lake Success the Security Council urged both Arabs and Jews to extend the Palestine truce. The vote was eight to zero with Russia Ukraine and Syria abstaining. Cairo said Arabs would not continue the cease-fire. Gromyko attacked Bernadotte and accused him of serving British aims.
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Arab League
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Count Folke Bernadotte
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Gromyko
Bernadotte
Foreign Office
United Kingdom
Israel
London
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Demos Accept Ike Refusal to Run for Democratic Nomination
Philadelphia reports Democratic Chairman J Howard McGrath announced that President Truman's supporters accept Eisenhower's decision to withdraw from the Democratic presidential race. He noted Truman could face an imperfect first-ballot renomination, expects some delegates may not vote for him, and doubts any other candidate could challenge Truman on the first roll call.
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Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
Dwight. D. Eisenhower
McGrath
White House
Eisenhower
Mr. Truman
Thearty
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Italian Strikers Battle With Police in Milan Riot
In Milan riot squads used tear gas as workers occupied part of a strike-bound food factory. Tanks and armored cars blocked the area for over two hours while police dispersed a fighting crowd. One factory agent was injured by a tear gas bomb. No arrests reported. Aimed protests symbolically invaded a factory section while other agents were restrained. A nationwide gas workers walkout was planned for next Monday.
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Rome
Pance
Milan
Matta Food Products
Italy
2000 Jews Sail For Holy Land
In Nicosia Cyprus on July 7 about 60,100 Jews sailed from Cyprus aiming to reach Israel before the UN truce ends Friday. The exodus seeks to clear 30,000 people from the area before the truce expires.
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Holy Land
Nicosia
Cyprus
Israel
United Nations
Venerable battleship sinks during early tests near Honolulu
The battleship New York capsized and sank 50 miles south of Honolulu on the first day of fleet tests aboard the carrier Boxer. During a barrage of 500 pound bombs and five inch shells, the ship rolled to port and settled underwater at 2 30 pm after waves of aircraft released rockets and five inch projectiles. The loss ends a storied history after surviving two wars and atomic blasts at Bikini.
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New York
Honlulu
Bikini
Navy
Virginia Coal Mines Return to Normal After Vacations
Miners across Southwest Virginia and allied mines resumed work with most operations back to normal after a 10 day break. Two idle mines remain in dispute, about 500 of 15,000 workers affected, as unions and operators negotiate wage terms. Virginia’s anthracite mines in Montgomery county also back online. Norfolk and Western reports three state mine loadings at roughly two thirds of normal.
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Norfolk and Western
Capliven
Southwest Virginia
George H. Esser
Virginia Coal Operators Association
Association
Esser
United Mines
Virginia
Buchanan County
Williamson
W. Va
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Tazewell County
Pocahontas Operator Association
Superior Anthracite
Great Valley Anthracite Coal Corporation
McCoy
Montgomery County
Norfolk and Western Railway
Charleston
West Virginia
Steel Companies
United Mine Workers
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
American Rolling Mill Company
New River
Gulf
Fairmont
Idle Soft Coal Miners Still Stand Idle Across States
About 187,000 soft coal miners remained idle as Washington hurries to end a two day walkout by captive miners owned by steel firms. States listed include Virginia 15,000 Alabama 5,700 Kentucky 1,924 Colorado 1,800 Utah 1,000. Commercial miners also eased from 49,500 idle yesterday to 37,000 today, with West Virginia 20,000 and western Pennsylvania 14,000 idle.
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Washington
Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky
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Lewis
NLRB
Two Army Airmen Die in C-47 Crash at Greenville Base
Two Army airmen were killed when a C-47 on a routine training flight crashed and burned at Greenville Air Force base around 9 20 p m. Officials said 16 men were aboard at impact and the cause was undetermined as firemen fought flames for about 30 minutes amid high octane gasoline.
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Greenville Air Force Base
Dixie Democrats Press Platform Clash Over Civil Rights
Philadelphia July 7 Dixie Democrats pressed for a platform with a hands off federal civil rights policy and a strong sales rights plank as party writers meet to unite factions. Chauncey Sparks Dan Moody and Clyde Hoey clash over race language while Humphrey pushes for anti lynch and fair employment measures amid Truman royal influence.
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Philadelphia
Dixie Democrats
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Charles E. Shepperd
Florida
Platform Committee
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Dan Moody
Texas
Heey
Moody
Sparks
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minneapolis
Truman
Congress
U. 3
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Myers
Accused Triple Slayer Will Go To Gallows
Matthew Persson a 33 year old man convicted of bludgeoning his wife and both parents in law was sentenced to death in circuit court Judge C C Chambers set the gallows date for September 23 at the state penitentiary Persson also killed his father in law Jack Martin 70 at Ethel on April 20 and was charged with killing his wife Mrs Clancy Martin Persison and her mother Mrs Pearl Martin 54
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Matthew Persson
C. C. Chambers
State Penitentiary
Jack Martin
Ethel
Clancy Martin Perison
Pearl Martin
Wallace Quits Post On Weekly Magazine
New York reports Henry A. Wallace resigns as contributing editor at a weekly magazine. In his final article he says the strenuous three months ahead will require his full energies.
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New York
New Republic
Today
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
California Accident Victims Praise Pulaski Hospitality
Nearly 100 locals gathered to cheer the California family after an auto crash near Pulaski Virginia. The injured were treated locally while the uninjured relatives hosted a hospital visit and shared news of the Viking airliner incident and the missing passengers.
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Los Angeles
Nu J
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Spice Younger
Paris
Field
Miss Ellen
British Foreign Office
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Rosang
London
Djiring
Winnie Field Jones
French Indochina
Glendale
Calif
Joan
Wasithe
Truman Camp Sure Of Win as Convention Opens
Philadelphia July 7 AP Democrats began pre convention activity with President Truman favored to win the nomination on the first ballot. Eisenhower backers warned of possible stampedes while delegates discussed platform fights on civil rights and states rights. Nearby political voices from New York to Alabama weighed Truman’s grip and possible vice presidential picks amid ongoing maneuvering.
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