Reds Step Up Power Tactics In Berlin Row
In Berlin on Sept. 7 1948 Soviet forces tightened control around city hall as Western officials and police sought access amid a Communist led disruption. Western German police 27 held inside the building and attempts to ferry food and personnel were blocked.
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Reds
Berlin
Matson
West Berlin
Truman
National Security Council
White House
So Wen
Benin
Garricon
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Vassily Sokoulovsky
Sokolovsky
Washington
State Department
London
Foreign Office
Comunist
Schuman Cabinet Is Short-Lived in France
Paris reports Premier Robert Schuman's second cabinet collapsed 64 hours after formation as deputies defeated a motion on government confidence by 289 to 295. The brief government had ordered a 12 500 franc cost of living bonus despite union protests and faced opposition from communists Gaullists and other parties.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Vincent Auriol
Chamber of Deputies
Schuman
de Gaullists
Republican Liberty Party
Radical Socialist Party
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Radical Socialists
Fance
Dixiecrats Kept From Ballot In Indiana
Indianapolis Sept 7 A circuit court judge restrained Indiana election officials from placing the states rights Democrats on the November ballot. The suit argues the platform discriminates against minority groups and violates U S and Indiana constitutions. The board acted after petitions with 11000 names. two Republicans overrode one Democrat. Ralph E Hanley filed the suit as an Indiana polis taxpayer. order issued without a hearing by Judge Lloyd Claycombe.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Election Board
iPlatform
U. S
Indiana
Election Board
Ralph E. Hanley
Lloyd Claycombe
Blast Wrecks Chicago Candy Plant Four Die
Four employees died and 18 were injured when a candy factory in Chicago suffered a catastrophic explosion and fire at 4 10 a m. The E J Brach and Sons plant at 4656 West Zinzie Street had two blocks damaged with debris and candy spread across nearby streets. Investigators weighed causes from dust explosions to volatile fluids, with 29 workers on site at the time and a potential day shift of nearly 2000. Company officials said all workers were accounted for.
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Chicago
Michael J. Corrigan
E. J. Brach and Sons Candy Company
West Zinzie St
John L. Fenn
Romeo St Amour Charged After Altercation with Juliette
Detroit report states Romeo St Amour faces an assault and battery warrant after Juliette St Amour alleges he clipped her chin at their home. Married in 1944, Juliette has twice sued for divorce, though actions not finalized. Arraignment set for later this week.
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Juliette
Romeo
Detroit
Recorder
Joseph A. Gillis
Romeo St. Amour
St. Amour
Miners to Get Pensions Under Welfare Plan
Washington reports first pension payments to coal miners will start soon under the welfare system secured from the coal industry by John L Lov e. Thomas Kennedy of the United Mine Workers says $100 monthly pensions will begin September 15 for anthracite miners with 20 years service and age 62. Bituminous miners may start earlier, with funds financed by a 20 cent per ton levy plus other benefits. Kennedy heads the fund’s board. about 6,000 current beneficiaries will have priority.
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Washington
John Love
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Kennedy
Antharcite Health and Welfare Fund
West Virginia polio cases rise to 87 this year
Charleston health officials report twenty infantile paralysis cases, bringing the year’s total to 87. Twelve are on the week’s morbidity list, eight from Charleston Kanawha County, with cases spread across Boone Cabell Fayette Greenbrier Monongalia Putnam Nicholas and Wetzel counties and Wheeling. Last year at this time 44 cases were listed, and 146 for the year.
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Charleston
W. Va
Health Department
Charleston-Kanawha County
Boone County
Cabell, Fayette, Greenbrier
Monongalia
Putnam, Nicholas
Wetzel
U S and British Join German Maneuvers in Grafenwoehr
The American first infantry division and a British paratroop battalion joined mock exercises to thwart a mythical westward advance to the Rhine. About 21,000 troops took part under Lt. Gen. Clarence Huebner in Germany’s largest postwar drill, centered at Grafenwoehr near Nuernberg and the Czechoslovak border.
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Grafenwoehr
Germany
Rhine
United States Constabulary
Clarence Huebner
Nuernberg
Czech Commies Worry About Benes Funeral
Prague reports police guard against demonstrations at the funeral of former President Eduard Benes. The interior ministry warned that the Sokol youth group may pose a provocation. Mass mourning in the capital is under strict surveillance as police from across Czechoslovakia bolster security.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Ministry of the Interior
Eduard Benes
Sokol
Mitchum and Leeds Indicted in Narcotics Case
Los Angeles September 7 The Los Angeles county grand jury indicted actor Robert Mitchum and actress Lila Leeds along with Vickie Evans and Robin Ford on marijuana possession and criminal conspiracy charges. Bail set at 1000 dollars each. hearings scheduled tomorrow before Judge Thomas Ambrose.
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Los Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Lila Leeds
Grand Jury
Vickie Evans
Robin Ford
Mitchum
Miss Leads
Glenn ‘White
A. A. Barr
Jay Allen
Thomas Ss. Ambrose
Ambrose
Miss Leeds
Miss Evans
Ford
1948 Miss America Pageant Opens in Atlantic City
Fifty five contestants paraded before about 100000 spectators to open the 1948 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City N J Barbara Joe Walker the current Miss America rode a float like a queen's court as the field narrows to 15 quarter finalists by Saturday night five will be chosen and the winner receives a 5000 dollar scholarship with the 14 runners up sharing 20000 dollars in scholarships
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Atlantic City
N. J
Barbara Joe Walker
Memphis
Hibok Hibok Volcano Subsides After Six Day Eruption
Mount Hibok Hibok on Gamigin Island shows subsidence after six days of violent eruption that killed at least five people and forced 36 000 residents to evacuate. Officials report changing lava activity and rising hopes for calmer conditions as relief operations continue.
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Manila
Hibokhibok
Gamiguin
Georgia's Two Governors Eye Vote Outcome
Georgia voters faced a dramatic Democratic primary featuring Herman Talmadge and M E Thompson after a 20 month governorship dispute. Thompson claimed the acting governorship from the Georgia Supreme Court while Talmadge pledged to return. The unit system may decide the race with county votes, backing from former governors, and several other candidates shadowing the main contest.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Thompson
Talmadge
Igraft
Ed Rivers
Ellis Arnall
Hoke O'Kelley
Joseph A. Rabin
Hoke Willis
U.S
Ricard Russells
Eugene Cox
J. Neely Peacock
Albany
W. M. Wheeler
John S. Gibson
Douglas
Country Johnston
Valdosta
James C. Davis
Fifth
Helen Douglas Mankin
Wyman C. Lowe
Bottled potato grows from bottle neck on West Virginia farm
Spencer West Virginia Sept 7 Guy C Howell a Reedy farmer found a potato that grew through the neck of a bottle in his crop. He dug it up with the rest of the potatoes and believes it may be a prize freak.
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Spencer
W. Va
Guy C. Howell
Reedy Farmer
Howell
Cockpit Dials Too Hard For Pilots To Read Cause Crashes
Boston reporters relay a Wright-Paterson air force study blaming cockpit dial design for crashes. Grether notes clocks with three hands mislead pilots about altitude, often by 1000 feet, prompting near misses near airports and calls for new altimeters.
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Boston
U.S. Army Air Force
Pete Perera
Sererer Te Eeert
Walter F. Grether
Seromedical Laboratory
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Grether
Aero Laboratory
Paul M. Fitts
Labor Day Weekend Toll Wars Claim 407 Lives
A report summarizes the high cost of Labor Day weekend travel with tolls and traffic dangers, noting 407 deaths attributed to holiday travel patterns and highway incidents, alongside 293 additional toll-related pressures.
Labor Day Weekend Toll Falls Short of Last Year
The Labor Day weekend cost at least 407 lives from accidents with 293 highway deaths, 60 drownings, and 59 other mishaps. The toll matches last year’s total of 401 to 451 range, with last year recording 81 drownings and 77 miscellaneous deaths.
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National Safety Council
Bank Robbery in Elk Creek Virginia by 3 Robbers
Three armed men robbed Farmers Bank at Elk Creek Grayson County Va taking 8500 after 3 pm. They tied and gagged assistant cashier Cleve Rhody and his son Grover, fled in a black 1942 Chevrolet coupe with West Virginia plates. Police blocked roads and pursued leads toward Independence Va and North Carolina while checking West Virginia routes. Rhody said robbers warned them not to be hurt.
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Farmer’s Bank
Elk Creek
Grayson County
Mercer County
Cleve Rhody
Grover
Virginia
Grover Rhody
Independence
North Carolina
West Virginia
Mercer
Poles Face Big Shape Up Drive
Warsaw reports President Bierut offered board power to unite the communist front with the socialists and curb nationalist peasants. Premier Cyrankiewicz and Oscar Lange met Bierut at Belvedere palace to nominate him as head of a new socialist workers party. Gomulka shifted to support Moscow line after a critical day with charges from his own party.
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Warsaw
Boleslaw Bierné
Communist Front
Poland
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Oscar Lange
Washington
Belvedere Palace
Sapumiurisshocipist Workers Party
Bierut
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Gomulka
Moscow
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Warden Probes Dope Use By Prison Inmates
Warden Orel J. Skeen in Moundsville West Virginia announces an inquiry into the use of benzedrine by inmates described as receiving a lift from the drug. Investigations show convicts process the inhalant form into an oral dose and hide containers within the walls. Inmate packages selling for 60 cents outside go for 5 to 6 dollars inside.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Orel J. Skeen
Oil Industry Creates Panel To Address West Coast Shortage
Washington September 7 the oil industry formed a voluntary allocation committee to handle the petroleum shortage caused by a refinery strike in the west coast area. The panel will advise the industry and the federal government on petroleum allocation in the strike zone, established by the national petroleum council.
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Washington
National Petroleum J Council
Interior Department
Stassen Flails Truman In GOP Campaign Kickoff
Detroit September 7 AP Harold E Stassen derides Truman as a failed leader in a GOP reply to Labor Day speeches. He accuses the president of demagoguery, disunity and inflationary policy, praising Dewey and urging a Republican administration aligned with conservative labor principles.
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Cadillac Square
Detroit
Mich
Truman
Stassen
Politico
Harold E. Stassen
Harry S. Truman
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Philosphy x
Mr. Truman
AFL
CIO
Labor
Senate
House
Potsdam
Republican Party
Vandenberg
Michigan
GOP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Potstdam
United States
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Russia
Progressive Party
America
Organized Labor
Congress
Dewey
Wife protests 20 cents allowance in court
Mrs Shirley Roth a 19 year old says her husband earns $1,000 a month but gives only 20 cents at a time. In separate maintenance suit against Charles F Roth Jr 35 an executive she says the only money she gets is 20 cents a shirt for laundering his shirts. She notes pennies for a cabin cruiser and a new convertible while married January 13 and separated August 30.
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Chicago
Shirley Roth
Separte
Charles F. Roth, Jr
Roths
Spy Probers Call More Witnesses
Congressional spy investigators issued subpoenas for 20 to 25 more witnesses to be questioned in a week of closed door sessions ahead of public hearings on September 15. Major witness Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves is expected. atomic energy espionage and a third red spy network are under scrutiny.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Rep. McDowell
Leslie R. Groves
Thomas
McDowell
Groves
Elizabeth T. Bentley
CIO Strike Would Tie Up U S Phones
Chicago reports a CIO strike set for September 17 by the Association of Communication Equipment Workers, totaling 25,000 members at 2,200 Bell locations in 43 states. Dan Harris of ACEW notes five states would be unaffected. Negotiations with Western Electric continue as strike threats warn of potential nationwide service disruption.
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Chicago
CIO
Association of
Communication Equipment Workers
Bell Telephone Company
Dan Harris
Portland
Ore
ACEW
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Montana
Telephone Workers Organizing Committee
Washington
Western Electric Manufacturing Company
Ralph Johnson
Western Electric
Slayers of New Orleans detective surrender in Louisiana
In Galvez Louisiana two men Dale Simpson and H E Miller surrendered to officers after a nightlong search. Simpson confessed to killing New Orleans Detective Nicholas Jacob who died during transport from Gulfport to New Orleans in connection with a robbery case. The pair abducted Assistant Chief of Detectives John J Jackson and forced him to drive them before releasing him near Hobart.
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New Orleans
Meek
Dale Simpson
Salt Lake City
H. E. Miller
Monticello
Miss
Galvez
Here
H. H. Waguespack
Ascension Parish
Simpson
Nicholas Jacob
Jacob
Joseph Tardo
Miller
Gulfport
Tardo
John J. Jackson
Hobart
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