United Nations Urges Four Powers to Open Berlin Talks
In a joint note, UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie and General Assembly President H. V. Evatt urged the United States Britain France and Russia to begin immediate Four-Power discussions to resolve the Berlin crisis. They warned that delays threaten world peace and security.
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Paris
United Nations
Russia
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Trygve Lie
Norway
Australia
H. V. Evatt
General Assembly
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Britain
France
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Queuille
Stalin
Lie
Evatt
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Germany
Japan
Security Council
Water Main Break Cuts Columbus Water Supply
A 36 inch water main snapped in northwest Columbus halting supply to about 400 000 residents. Officials said restoration in the downtown area would occur soon but full citywide service would take 24 hours. Major industries shut down and fire hazards were warned as hospitals canceled operations due to the outage.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wntown
Ateast
U.S. Shrinking Border Shrinks by 6400 Acres Annually
A War Department geologist says the United States is losing about 6400 acres per year due to erosion and washing away shorelines. The retreat widens the coastline changes and reduces available land along the coastlines.
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New York
Weather: Clear and cool tonight then warmer Sunday
The forecast calls for a clear and cool night with low near 28 degrees. Sunday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs from 52 to 54 degrees.
Truman unlikely to call Congress on China aid
A source close to President Truman said there is little chance he will summon the 80th Congress for a special session to consider emergency aid to China. Supporters of the idea face opposition from a Democratic Senate and House set to meet in January, with associates deeming the plan "preposterous."
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Truman
China
Bridges
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Senate
House
Clash around Nanking tests Chinese civil war prospects
Chinese forces around Suchow and Nanking fight a fourth day as Nationalist air power bombs Communists in a high stake battle. Both sides claim gains with government tight control of the capital while observers cite Chiang Kai-shek's resolve as keeping the national government intact amid heavy losses.
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Suchon
Reds
Lunghai
Suchow
Tsiwan
Grand Canal
Chiang Kai-shek
Marshall denies plan to resign from cabinet
Secretary of State Marshall said he has made no definite plans to resign and noted reports misinterpreting his remarks. He stated he would not decide without discussing it with the President and that they have never discussed the matter.
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Paris
Marshall
U.N
Vishinsky Labels U S Pearl Harbor Plan Against Russia
At the U N disarmament debate in Paris Andrei Vishinsky accused the United States of preparing a Pearl Harbor against the Soviet Union. He cited a Newsweek piece attributed to Lt. Gen. George Kenney outlining long range bombers with atomic weapons from British bases. He warned of American plans and blamed the United States for creating fear and mistrust.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
United States
Russia
Vishinsky
George Kenney
Air Force
U.N. General Assembly
Kenney
Soviet Union
Frederick Osborn
United
Musicians Warned by Godfrey Over Laughing
Radio comedian Arthur Godfrey told his six man band not to laugh or sing at jokes to avoid AFL AFRA union rules. He cited potential $800 to $900 weekly salary per musician if AFRA jurisdiction applied, saying he was just keeping fun in check during a day broadcast.
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Washington
Arthur Godfrey
American Federation of Radio Artists
AFL
Godfrey
AFRA
British Aviatrix Narrowly Avoids Alaska Fog Incident
Anchorage Alaska AP Mrs Richard Morrow Tait a British aviatrix attempting a world circumnavigation narrowly avoided trouble Friday night in thick fog. She endured her toughest landing hovering above Elmenderfeld for two hours. The stop marked the 20th of her flight begun at Croydon England on August 18.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Richard Morrow-Tait
Ask Hawaiian Head's Ouster
Honolulu AP reports Hawaii Democratic central committee demanded the ouster of Gov. Ingram M. Stainback for siding with Republicans and opposing union labor. The resolution cited alleged Communist infiltration claims and warned statehood could be jeopardized by his continued tenure. A close aide hinted at possible reorganization and a legislative inquiry.
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Honolulu
Ingram M. Stainback
Truman
Central Committee
Stainback
Roosevelt
Island Democratic Party
Hawaii
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Don Herring Janet Smith Reign At Industrial Ball
Don Herring and Janet Smith were crowned king and queen at the Allied Industrial League Queen's ball in Memorial coliseum before about 6 500 guests. The queen represented Turner Company and the king Iowa Electric Light and Power. Royalty was chosen by a five member committee and the remaining 36 contestants became dukes and duchesses.
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Janet Smith
Allied Industrial League
Memorial Coliseum
Turner Company
King
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Rita O'Connell
National Oats
Linda Dean Hersom
Avenue NW
Stephen Eikelbarner
Mt. Vernon Road
U S and Britain End Travel Red Tape to Boost Tourism
Washington reports the United States and Britain formally canceled passport visa fees and relaxed entry rules to encourage travel. Britain eliminates visa stamp requirement for American visitors to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland saving a consul visit and a fee. travelers must still carry passports.
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Washington
United States
Britain
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Charles Fields Admits Guilt In Burglaries
Cedar Rapids police closed an investigation into four burglaries with confessions from Charles Fields 21 and two other youths Joe Bennett 22 and Ollie Tobin Jr 17. Fields admitted specific heists including Lipp's tavern Culver Motor Company and Hatch and Brookman safes with shares ranging from 45 to 260 dollars and implicated Tobin and Bennett. Authorities expected charges of breaking and entering by the county attorney and a Monday arraignment.
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Charles Fields
Twelfth Avenue SE
Joe Bennett
Joe Booth
Ninth Avenue SE
Ollie Tobin, Jr
Fields
Lipp
First Street
Tobin
B and M Drug
Sixth Avenue
Culver Motor Company
Bennett
Catch Basin
Hatch and Brookman Lumber Company
Frank Bukacek
Full Scale Dock Tieup Under Way
An East Coast longshoremen strike escalated to a full-scale stoppage immobilizing much of U S ocean trade. About 65 000 dock workers from Portland Maine to Hampton Roads Va walked out after rejecting wage terms, halting loading and unloading except mail and army supplies. The strike affects foreign and U S shipping and could disrupt aid to Europe.
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New York
Portland
Maine
Hampton Roads
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Atlantic
Europe
Ryan
Elizabeth Bentley on Missing List
In New York AP report, attorneys in a $100,000 slander suit against Elizabeth T. Bentley say they cannot locate the former Russian agent to serve papers. The suit by William W. Remington accuses her of slander over TV charges that he aided her as a government employee and was a Communist. The search lasted one month before she could not be found.
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NEW York
Elizabeth T. Bentley
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Senate
Remington
Miss Bentley
Widow of Victim Granted Record Death Damages
In Chicago a jury awarded Mrs. Charles Phipps of Charleston Illinois $106000 in death damages the largest ever granted in Illinois for a wrongful death. The husband died when a motorized hand car on the Nickle Plate road collided head on with a freight train. Mrs. Phipps 37 is a cripple and cannot support her six children.
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Chicago
Charles Phipps
Charleston
Ill
Illinois
Phipps
Truman To Receive Ohio Shows Best Turkey As Gift
President Truman will receive a 16.5 pound gobbler as a gift from the Ohio State University Poultry Science club. The prize turkey, named the year’s most perfect, will be presented at the White House on November 23 by six club members.
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INS
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Ohio
Ohio International
Ohio State University
Poultry Science Club
White House
Rail Embargo Extends to Four East Coast Ports
The Association of American Railroads extended the embargo on export freight to Baltimore Philadelphia Hampton Roads and Wilmington because of the spreading longshoremen strike. An embargo on freight to New York and Boston was ordered Friday to prevent congestion of cars awaiting unloading.
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East Coast
Association of American Railroads
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Philadelphia
Hampton Roads
Wilmington
Del
New York
Boston
Official Refuses To Seize Schacht
LUENEBERG Germany A British zone police chief Friday refused to arrest Hjalmar Schacht on a warrant to try him again as a Nazi. Schacht freed of war crimes by the Nuremberg tribunal later was found not guilty by a denazification court. a Wuerttemberg Baden denazification court then sought his arrest and mailed the warrant to Lueneberg where he lives. Police Chief Joseph Katzenberger said he did not feel entitled to carry out orders from Wuerttemberg.
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Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Schacht
Hitler
International Tribunal
Nuernberg
Denazification Court of Appeals
Denazification
Wuerttemberg- Baden
Joseph Katzenberger
Wuerttemberg
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