UN mediator warns of general war risk in Holy Land
Stockholm reports Count Bernadotte urges immediate halt to renewed Jewish Arab fighting in Jerusalem. He doubts demilitarization can succeed soon and proposes a strong international force to enforce it. He warns further deterioration could resume full-scale hostilities and urges Security Council action.
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Stockholm
Holy Land
United Nations Palestine Mediator
Jerusalem
Falke Bernadotti
Security Council
An Jeter
Bernadotte
Holy City
Palestine
Tsut Bernadotte
United Nations
U N Warns Foes On Truce Breaks In Jerusalem
The United Nations Security Council warned Jews and Arabs against violations of the Jerusalem truce. The four power resolution held both sides responsible for actions by forces under their control. Soviet Ukraine and several nations abstained on some sections. The council adjourned until the Paris General Assembly opens Sept 21, with no further sessions planned before then.
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Lake Success
Security Council
Jerusalem
Unites Ste
Britain
France
Cana
Ukraine
Russia
Syria
Columbia
Council
General Assembly
Paris
Willie Willis I Bet Uncle Ted Bet
A friend recalls Willie Willis admitting he lied about drinking no more than one beer. He believed he could drive like an expert, but his actions scared everyone in the group.
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Ted
North-South football pageant pomp lights up Charleston streets
A sparkling hour and a half preview of halftime ceremonies for the 15th annual North-South all-star game drew thousands along a 20 block parade route on Kanawha Blvd. Officials said the crowd neared 100000 as the procession crossed West Side to East End. The event featured a 100 piece North-South band and awards planned for pageant winners including plaques for first and second place and a special prize for the Soutwall Jackson high school Boosters club.
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Kanawha Blvd
Delaware Av
Brooks St
Diamond
Red Cross
Soutwall Jackson High School Boosters Club
W. E. Chilton
Frank A.J. Knight
Charleston
News of Day To Film North South Contest Tonight
News of the Day will cover tonight's North South football game at Lalding field. Charles A Midelburg of Capital theater announced exclusive Charleston rights for News of the Day. Veteran cameraman John A. Brockhurst and Fox Movielong News photographer Emile Montemurro arrived to film the event.
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Lalding Field
Charles A Midelburg
Capital Theater
Capital
Charleston
John A. Brockhurst
Emile Montemurro
Fox
Ecarler
Moscow radio accuses U S aid to anti-Russian groups
A Moscow radio broadcast claims American authorities finance anti-Russian activities abroad, citing Miz Oshana Stepanova Kosenkina and alleging support for groups like Common Cause and the Tolstoy Foundation. It says U S intelligence seeks fractures in the White Guard, asserting no Soviet base for subversive activity.
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London
Moscow
United States
Miz
Oshana Stepanova Kosenkina
New York
Common Cause
Tolstoy Foundation
White Guard
Soviet Union
Soviet Monitor
New Times
Sergeiyeva
Old Kanawha Park Gets a Modern Makeover
A. L. Haraman notes Kanawha Park undergoes a major rebuild with bulldozers and steam shovels. The old fence is torn down, the club house dismantled, bleachers moved to various centers, and the grandstand to American Legion field. Kuhn Construction begins seeding after grading. steel arrival uncertain.
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A. L. Haraman
Gasette
Kanawha Park
City Park and Recreation Commission
American Legion Field
Kanawha City
Reynolds St
Bigley Av
North-South game bleacher seats sellout near 1200
About 1200 bleacher seats remain for tonight's North-South game at Sport Mart Lynn Goshorn Inc and North-South HQ in the Daniel Boone Hotel. Ticket Chairman Dewey said 2785 general admission tickets at $2 had been sold by midnight, with sales to resume at 6:30 p.m. at Laidley Field.
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Frank A. Knight
Charleston
Knight
Sport Mart
Lynn Goshorn, Inc
Daniel Boones Hotel
R. &. Dewey
Dewey
Laidley Field
Match Lighting at 15th North South Game Opens Ceremony
Officials announced the 15th annual North South game will feature West Virginia's first match lighting ceremony at halftime with Announcer Bob Provence signaling as the North South band performs. Spectators are asked to bring matches or lighters.
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Partieci
West Virginia
Bob Provence
Italy's Colonies Up to Big Four
President Truman said the disposition of Italy's prewar African colonies is a four power and United Nations matter not suitable for domestic politics. He noted the issue is tied to the Italian peace treaty assigned to the four great powers, while Secretary of State Marshall said the question is under consideration by the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and France.
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Washington
Truman
Italy
United Nations
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Trusman
Dewey
Albany
Marshall
U. S
Great Britain
Russia
France
Nearly 100 American B-29 Superforts join RAF drills
The air ministry says about 100 American Superforts based in Britain will join the Royal Air Force next month in the largest air defense exercise since the war. The drill will test all RAF home commands and Royal Auxiliary units with target focus on the London area.
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RAF
London
Air Ministry
Britain
Royal Air Force
Royal Auxiliary Air Force
Hiss Refuses Lie Detector Test by Quiz
Three former New Deal lawyers Abt Pressman and Witt were summoned to testify before the House Un American Activities Committee about alleged Communist underground ties. Alger Hiss refused a lie detector test. President Truman criticized the hearings as infringing the bill of rights.
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Washington
New Deal
John Abt
Lee Pressman
Nathan Witt
House un-American Activities Committee
Red Underground
Truman
House Committee
State Department
Mre
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
New York
United States
Kosenkina
Moscow
Sovs
Abt
Pressman
Witt
House
Comemunist
Chambers
Hiss
Time Magazine
Tomorrow
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
CIO
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
National Labor Relations Board
Senate
FBI
Federal Grand Jury
Injured Teacher Oksana Rosenking in Critical Condition
Mrs. Oksana Rosenking, former chemistry teacher, was moved to an oxygen tent at Roosevelt Hospital after a fall from a third floor consulate window. Hospital said her condition improved with oxygen resumed, alertness up, temperature down, and nourishment improving, though listed as critical.
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New York
Oksana Rosenking
Hoosevelt Hospital
Kosenkina
Airliner Lands Safely After Nose Wheel Jam
A twin engined American Airlines plane with 35 passengers aboard landed on two wheels at Glenview Navy Air Field after circling two Chicago airports for over an hour with a jammed nose wheel. The Chicago Municipal Airport control tower reported the incident.
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Chicago
American Airlines
Glenview ‘Navy Air Field
Berlin raid sparks anti Communist protest with 600 in crowd
In Berlin 600 Germans protested Soviet controlled police amid a gunfire raid. Five were wounded by police bullets, one possibly fatally. Witnesses claimed Soviet officers drove through Potsdamer Platz before the raid and some flags were burned though unconfirmed. Border tensions rose as MPs redeployed along sector lines.
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Berlin
C.C. Bond
U. S
Potsdamerplatz
Potsdamer Square
Federal credit controls curb consumer installment plans
The U S government imposes Regulation W requiring down payments on auto purchases and major appliances starting Sept 20. Down payments run one third for autos and twenty percent for stoves, refrigerators, washers, radios, and vacuum cleaners with 15 month caps on plans under 1000 and 18 months for higher amounts. Stronger enforcement now backed by legislation, replacing wartime authority.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
New China Announces Gold Yuan To Fight Inflation
Nanking August 19. The Chinese government unveils a new gold yuan worth 25 cents, replacing inflation plagued currency. Banks closed for the exchange start, deadline November 20, with 40 percent gold or foreign currency backing and 50 percent government guarantees. Shanghai analysts doubt long term success and warn of potential loss of zeros without solid backing.
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Nanking
Shanghai
Finance Ministry
Pew
Refugees to asylum here as Molotov notes rejected
The United States rejects Soviet protests over Soviet teachers seeking refuge in the United States. The State Department delivered a note confirming no handover and stated asylum principles, with future texts to be released. Mrs. Kosenkina is deemed beyond Soviet control while in the U.S. and Truman affirms political refuge rights.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Molotov
Alexander
Panyushkin
Michael J. McDermott
U.S.S.R
Department of State
Us.s.r
Walter Betely Smith
Moscow
Mia. Oksang & Kaesenking
McDermnott
Swedes Report Soviet Bid to Kidnap Swedish Girl
Stockholm reports say Soviet officials may attempt a case similar to the Rosenking incident involving 19 year old Lydia Makarova. Swedish papers criticize Russian methods to compel a Soviet citizen back to the USSR and warn of official interest seen as government possession.
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Stockholm
Svaraka Dagbladet
New York
Rosenking
Lydia Makarova
Makarova
Sweden
Soviet Union
Svanska Dagybledet
Lydia Maka- Tova
Vestmranlands Laens Tidning
Gens Nyheter
Jat
President’s advisers push image of working man
A fragmented 1920s era clipping quotes Stan Arnold on the president and labor. It hints at efforts to portray the leader as connected to workers and rural life, emphasizing a plainspoken, working-man image.
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Neil
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