Fascists Won't Get U. S. Help
Washington reports Paul G Hoffman, head of the Economic Cooperation Administration, would cut recovery aid to any European government that adopts fascist rule. He also denied Gen Charles de Gaulle is fascist and said a fascist regime anywhere would trigger the same cutoff as a communist one.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Charles Degaulle
France
Hoffman
Degaulle
Paris
ECA
Germany
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
OEEC
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Bizonia
Clay
Peacetime Draft Passes Half Way Mark
Washington reports peacetime draft reached halfway with 1927 birth cohort signing up. Remaining 1927s register tomorrow, 1928 cohort Monday and Tuesday. Registration began Aug. 30 for 25-year-olds and ends Sept. 18 for 18-year-olds born in 1930. First 10,000 draftees to wear army uniforms in November. A second call of similar size expected soon.
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Washington
America
Selective Service
Export Probers Hear Of Altered Records
Washington September 10 A former government official testified under oath that he twice altered export records and permitted excessive shipments of scarce materials out of the United States Peter Lektrich former chief of the building material section of the international trade office a division of the commerce department told a senate investigating committee that he resigned after the altered figures were discovered The senate group headed by senator Ferguson R Mich is examining claims that export licenses on scarce U S materials have been forged in large quantities.
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Washington
Peter Lektrich
International Trade Office
Commerce Department
Senate
Ferguson
U. S
Ship Races To Aid Of Volcano Menaced Island
The 17812-ton U S Army transport General William Weigel sped from Guam toward Camiguin Island to evacuate about 14000 islanders trapped by the Hibokhibok eruption. The ship altered course from Manila and was due to reach dawn Saturday Philippine time, as ash and gases continued to issue from the volcano.
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Manus
U. S. Army
Philippine
Camiguin
William Weigel
Guam
Manila
Cambuinto
Danao Sea
Army Port of Embarkation
San Francisco
U. S
Samiguin
Philippines
Hibokhibok
Refugees Evacuated From Volcanic Camiguin Island
U S army transport reaches Camiguin as thundering landslides plug Hibokhibok crater. Geologists fear a major eruption and toxic gases. Refugees crowd water edges carrying belongings. 1,000 to 2,000 evacuated Friday out of about 36,000 displaced since the eruption began September 1. Ships and boats, including Anemone and Apo, join rescue efforts with Red Cross coordinating.
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Beaches
Manila
U. S. Army
Camiguin Island
Hibokhibok
Walter Williams
William Weigel
South Philippines
Philippines
Red Cross
Philippines Coast ‘Guard
Apo
Sagay
Malinog
First Bulgarian King Ferdinand Dies in Germany at 68
Ferdinand, the first king of modern Bulgaria, died peacefully in Coburg Germany at age 68 ending a life marked by assassination plots and revolutions. He allied with Germany in World War I and abdicated in 1918 after Bulgaria’s defeat by the Allies and the Central Powers.
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Coburg
Germany
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Time's Heavy Footsteps Rob Town Of Sleep
In Richmond England on September 10 1940 a German bomb destroyed the town clock striker. After eight years residents rejoiced when the striker was repaired two weeks ago but today a group petitions the council to have the bell silenced because it wakes them at night.
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Richmond
England
Concentration Camp Plan Squelched by Allied Powers
Vienna reports a Soviet proposal to set up concentration camps for Nazis and war profiteers was rejected by the Allied Council with France Britain and the United States opposing.
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Vienna
Austria
Allied Council
France
Britain
United States
Food Crop Hits World's Record
Washington reports the agriculture department foresees record farm output for 1948 with six basic crops valued at about 13.39 billion dollars. Corn leads with an estimated 3.529 billion bushels, boosting overall crop value despite lower prices, to surpass last year’s record and 1923–32 averages.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Truman Puts Flexible 15 Billion Military Budget Cap
Washington reports the Truman administration sets a flexible 15 billion dollar limit on next fiscal year's national defense budget, about three billion more than current year. Budget director Webb says outlay may be adjusted later per international conditions. The 1950 fiscal year begins July 1 and the plan covers stockpiling material, public works, special programs and other items.
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Washington
Truman Administration
James E. Webb
Webb
Defense
Forrestal
Mother Of Quads Will Marry Father Of Quadruplets
Louise Marie Dore a divorcee announced plans to marry Juan Leal the father of her quadruplets born last Saturday at Versailles hospital. Leal confirmed intentions to wed as soon as possible after hospital discharge. Dore already has two children with her first husband and Leal has two other children.
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Paris
Louise Marise Dore
Atlanta Dancer Shines In Miss America Preliminary
An Atlanta dancer, Jerry Long, wowed judges in the Miss America beauty pageant bathing suit preliminary in Atlantic City. She attributes her figure to sleep, exercise, and a balanced diet, boasting a 34 inch bust 24 inch waist and 36 inch hips after 14 years of dancing instruction.
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Atlantic City
N. W
Atlanta
Searves
Jerry Long
Atom Secrets May Have Been Sent To Reds
Lt Gen Leslie Groves suggested wartime atomic secrets may have reached Soviet agents during a two hour congressional spy inquiry. The House committee cites evidence of an espionage ring amid testimony about Russia obtaining uranium and refined metal. Groves denied any shipments and said shipment authority lay elsewhere. He urged reading the Canadian spy case report for obvious conclusions.
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Washington
Leslie R. Groves
Congressional
House UN American Activities Committee
Groves
Army
McDowell
R-Pa
Russia
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Thomas
Remington Rand
Advanced Research
House- Labor
CIO Fur Workers Union
Ben Gold
Crisis Held Possible After Yugoslav Blow
A United Nations representative warned that Yugoslav soldiers entering Greece in the Kaimatchala area could spark a serious Balkan crisis. The U N Balkan watchdog commission called it the most serious violation of Greek territory by northern neighbors as it heads to report to the U N General Assembly in Paris on Sept 21.
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Athens
United Nations
Kaimatchala
U. N. Balkan Watchdog Commission
Greece
U.N
U. N
Balkans
U. N. General Assembly
Paris
California Imports Needed Gas Supplies
California reversed refinery output and began importing gasoline as a seven day strike by oil workers started to pinch western motorists. Gas shortages loomed in Nevada Arizona and Los Angeles while the gap between oil company offers and CIO demands kept talks at deadlock with about fifteen thousand workers idle since Saturday.
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San Francisco
California
Nevada
Arizona
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
CIO
UMW Union Shop Challenge Before NLRB
Washington reports government attorneys urged the national labor relations board to order John L. Lewis to drop the union shop clause from his contract with the coal mines. The case argues the Taft-Hartley provision requires an NLRB election, which Lewis bypassed after a mine shutdown.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
NLRB
William R. Finger
Lewis
Ringer
United Mine Workers Union
Indictment names Mildred Gillars Axis Sally treason case
Washington reports that Mildred Elizabeth Gillars known as Axis Sally was indicted by a federal grand jury on treason charges for aiding Nazi Germany through Home Sweet Home broadcasts to American troops abroad and a radio drama Vision of Invasion. The 10 count indictment covers activities from Dec 1, 1941 to May 8, 1945, including broadcasts from Berlin to U S personnel and home audiences during World War II.
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Washington
U. S
United States
Home, Sweet Home
North Africa
Italy
Europe
England
Miss Gillars
Arabs killed in clash near Jerusalem village
Ten armed Arab irregulars were killed and arms captured in a battle between stern group fighters and an Arab unit near Beth Iksa, a village six miles northeast of Jerusalem. The clash occurred as Arabs infiltrated the area, according to a stern group source.
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Jerusalem
Stern Group
Beth Iksa
Truman Cut From Ballot In Louisiana
Truman’s name was removed from the Louisiana ballot and he will be a write-in candidate in the November election. Louisiana Dem central committee, led by Judge Perez, backed a slate for Thurmond Wright as the party nominees, while regular electors pledge to states’ rights candidates in several states.
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Baton Rouge
Truman
Louisiana
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee
Perez
St. Bernard
Plaquemines Parishes
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Alabama
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Texas
San Angelo
Thurmond
Gov. Wright
Jackson
Miss
Wright
National States’ Rights Headquarters
Merritt H. Gibson
National States Rights Campaign
Wrights
South
Harry Truman
Earl K. Long
Fep.c
Judge Perez
Democratic Party
Nehru Says Troops To March Into Hyderabad
Prime Minister Nehru declared India will move troops into Hyderabad without delay despite opposition. He warned the march would not be easy to Secunderabad and said India would proceed if the Nizam resists. India asked the Nizam to permit posting of troops to restore order. no response received and no time limit set.
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New Delhi
Nehru
Hyderabad
Secuderabad
India
Secunderabad
Magistrate O'Malley Wins Bail Reduction to Fifteen Thousand
Philadelphia news reports Magistrate John J. O'Malley accused of fifty seventeen dishonest acts in office extortion and a five hundred dollar bribe had bail cut from seventy five thousand to fifteen thousand in court. The 54 year old Republican had been free under bond while awaiting grand jury action on warrants charging malfeasance and misdemeanor in office during his five year tenure as chief of Philadelphia's magistrates.
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Philadelphia
John J. O'Malley
U S Halts Russ Attempt To Block Berlin Air Lift
American authorities blocked a Soviet bid to disrupt the Berlin airlift by demanding flight details. Washington said Russians already received adequate information as U S British planes continued deliveries to Berlin amid mounting East West tension.
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U. S
Berlin
Air Safety Center
ADN
Germany
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Stalin
Bismarck's Grandson Sentenced To Prison
Frankfurt dispatch reports Heinrich Von Einsiedel, 26, great grandson of Bismarck, was sentenced to six months in jail by an American court in a sealed inquiry into Soviet espionage. He faced a minor charge of possessing false papers after a closed hearing. the espionage charge was dropped without explanation.
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Frankfurt
Henrich von Einsiedel
Bismarck
U. S
ADN
Kurt Schumacher
Germany
Hannover
Berlin
Driba
Drabs
Helmatech
Heinrich von Einsiedel
Wallace Assails Dixie Fascists in Southern Tour
New York Sept 10 Henry A Wallace Progressive Party nominee described his southern trip as a study of hate and violence yet highlighted two dozen nonsegregated peaceful meetings. He warned against fascism, urged enforcement of the 14th Amendment, and praised courage he witnessed amid prejudice.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
South
Yankee Stadium
Progressive Party
Pied Pipers of
Labor
Roosevelt
Wallace
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Queuille Named French Premier
The national assembly confirmed Henri Queuille, veteran radical socialist centerist, as France's Premier by 351 to 196. He will form his cabinet, ending a two-week government crisis, while observers doubt the cabinet's durability amid political fractures. General de Gaulle campaigns in southern France, urging national destiny and potential dissolution of the assembly for a new election.
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Paris
National Assembly
Henri Queuille
France
Queuille
Sesson
Charles de Gaulle
Avignoan
de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
Woman Accused of Arson to Evict Husband in Woolston
Mrs Hannah Lane aged 54 of Woolston near Southampton was ordered held for trial after allegedly setting her home ablaze to force her husband to leave. A detective quoted her saying she wanted him out and that she did not like Woolston.
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Southhampton
Eng
Hannah Lane
Woolston
Waolston
Hinton Plans To Fete Bluestone Completion
Hinton West Virginia observes Bluestone dam completion with plans for a five thousand dollar ceremony. A Memorial Day program featuring parade and New River regatta is planned. Last concrete pour expected within weeks, painting nearly done, site grading set for spring and two residences to be built.
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Hinton
W. Va
Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Stokes
New River
Dravo Corporation
J. J. Conrad
Huntington Office
U.S. Engineers
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Bornholm
Baltic
H. E. Christensen
Socialist Unity Party
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