Police State Plan For East Germany Laid To Russians
Berlin report says Bernard Bechler outlined a plan for complete Sovietization of the East German zone including centralizing the police under the Socialist Unity party. Der Tag cites a two year economic plan and calls for a trusted Communist control commission to oversee ministries except interior. Report notes tightening Soviet-backed control and food shortages amid cleansing within the SED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bria
Berlin
Ted Yest
Moscow
Free
Nist
Bechler
der Tay
Socialist Unity Party
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Interior Ministry
Woln
der Tag Aid
Bochler
Sodialist Unity Party
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Christian Democrats
Neues Deutschland
McCorvey Denounces Langan Plan In Alabama Fight
Mercer Bailey reports Truman Democrats in Alabama prepare for a Monday meeting in Montgomery led by State Senator Joseph H. Langan seeking to appoint electors pledged to Truman. McCorvey rejects Langan’s push to replace the States Rights slate and press the national party toward a compromise candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Bailey
Montgomery
Alabama
Als Truman
Joseph H. Langan
Mobile
Bernadotte Sinks In Israel After Pump Station Blast
News from Tel Aviv reports Bernadotte the United Nations mediator in Palestine faced a further drop in prestige after the Latran pumping station, a major water source for Jerusalem, was bombed. Israel consid ers U.N. action unlikely as Egypt rejected Jewish peace talks and Arabs refused to negotiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernadotte Prestige
Israel
Eliav Simon Tel Aviv
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Latran
Jerupaleiim
U. N
Israel Press Daily
Bernadotte
U. S. Security Council
Palestine
Jerusalem
Rhodes
Offit
U.N
Georgia Woman 72 Found Fatally Beaten in Cadwell
Mrs Kineh Smith 72 who lived alone in Laurens County was found beaten to death in her Cadwell home four miles from town. A blood stained wooden club lay near the body. Sheriff Carrie Gay and troopers investigated as a coroner jury opened hearings. Evidence suggested the attack occurred about four to five hours before discovery at about 8:45 p m. Her son Algon L Smith is bank cashier. another son Arthur Smith lives in Atlanta. she was widowed seven or eight years ago.
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Cardwell
Kineh Smith
Annie Smith Parkerson
Laurens County
Cosmol
al Gon
L. K. Smith
Farmers Cloating Bank of
Cadwell
Arthur Smith
Atlanta
Flist
Carrie Gay
Cor. J.B. Coleman
E. Gray
C. L. Everett
Peanut Festival Dates Set For October 21 22 38
National Peanut Festival plans announced by General Chairman Ale Lee set October 21 22 23 for the three day event. The ball will feature ten to twelve bands with Rufus Davis arranging contracts next week. Float designs underway with 3.4 Saxon Jr as chair. Beauty pageant and queen selection underway with Miles Ozark and Mixa Dothan named. Executive committee adopts five point festival purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Byreetman
Ale Lee
Lee
Rufus Davis
Dotan
Saxon, Jr
Alabama
Georgia
Morida
Houston Hotel
Log
Wires Brass
Miles Ozark
Mixa Dothan
Government Needs Million Workers By June ’49
Washington AP reports the government estimates it will require around a million new soldiers and military supply workers by June 1949 as defense programs expand. Top employment specialist Robert C. Goodwin warns the labor market is tight with spot shortages in skilled, technical, and clerical work while civilian production should not be disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert C. Goodwin
Goodwin
US 5
Ene Oneetat
Neak
Alabama farmer helps nine of his fifteen children attend college
In Hayneville Alabama Billy Gardner a 64 year old Black farmer explains how he paid for college for nine of his fifteen children. He spent about twenty thousand dollars sending them to Tuskegee Hampton Institute and other schools. Neighbors question the method but Gardner says education was the best crop he could sow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayneville
Ala
Billy Gardner
Lowndes County
Gardners
Tuskegee Institute
Hampton Institute
Hampton
New York
Billy
Big Gardner
Iy Gardner
D. Watts
B. Gerdter
Gerful
Somebody Is Lying Spy Probers Think
Washington AP amid spy hearings investigators sift for perjury as Whittaker Chambers accuses a wartime communist underground. Alger and Donald Hiss deny knowledge of Chambers while the Hiss brothers seek prompt hearings and claim no ties to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Laerga
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Wayneington
Anme
Donald Hiss
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Miss Brothers
Alger
Donald Hire
Moscow Washington Talks Stymie U N
AP dispatch notes United Nations stalemate as Moscow and Washington single out Berlin and atomic energy in hopes of progress. Security Council members worry about East West tensions and the world police force concept as Lake Success stalls. Delegates anticipate moved talks to Paris and a clearer posture by the General Assembly in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United Nations
Moscow
Washington
Berlin
Kremlin
Séhation General Assembly
T0 &Ince
Paris
Eplomata
Intruder Breaks Into Governor Folsom's Cullman Home
Gov. James E. Folsom reported his Cullman residence was broken into earlier in the week. The intruder rifled through rooms but did not take anything. The governor described the incident as a casual break in with no loss reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
James E. Folsom
Cullmen
I. Trudereft
Ana
Korea's President Takes Office Amid Calls For Unity
Seoul hosts the inauguration of Syngman Rhee as president of the Republic of Korea with General MacArthur pledging unity and vowing to tear down the barrier between the divided peninsula. Rhee blames the Soviet Union for Korea's split while urging world support for reunification and lasting peace. The north remains under Soviet-backed administration, deepening the division since the end of Japanese rule.
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Seoul
Korea
Respublic of
Ife
McArthur
North Korea
Neupason
Japan
South Korea
Syngman Ries
Auarely
Sovet Union
Thas
Republic of Korea
U.S. R
United Nations Temporary Commission
Jamaiian
MacArthur
Tokyo
Mia
Rhee
Tts
Ruspans
Cima
Fe Gcara
Russian Teacher Seeks U.S. Protection With Subpoena
Russian schoolteacher Mrs. Oksana Kosonkina accepts a House Un American Activities Committee subpoena in Roosevelt Hospital, triggering federal protection debates as Moscow seeks custody control and the United States denies diplomatic immunity. Police guard details protect her recovery after a fall from the Soviet consulate window as investigations unfold into alleged spy activities and consular immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samarin
Micha
Samariy
Lofty
Karl Mundt
The
Mouse
American Activities Committee
Murssien
Washington
AP Wire+ pais
William F. Ardogast
Washington Fap
Yusterlay Ux Javeatt- Ratore
New York
Oksana Stepanovna Kosonkins
House un-American Activitien Committee
Robert M. Stripting
Roosevelt Hospital
Russia
United States
Robert A. Lovett
State Department
Mra. Kosenkinn
Grnern
Yakov Lomakis
Sotsal
Lovett
Koxenkina
Mikpoem
Shry
Karthe
AVS
Xeling
New York Poice Department
Taiging Ik
Kaltenborn Shaken In Czech Accident
In Phagul Czechoslovakia a car driven by a Creeh official reportedly collided with a truck, injuring Kaltenborn and damaging the vehicle. Mrs Kaltenborn, traveling with her husband on a tour, said he was sore but he returned to his hotel. the couple were preparing to travel onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phagul
Czechoslovakia
Patten
New York City
Daffanes
Nwrer
Nowime
Kekrich
Kaltephorn
Creeh
Skoda
St Pilien
al Coutteur
Mra
Kalterihopa
Acrimonious Danube Conference Splits Allies Over Pact
In a tense session amid acrimony, diplomats from Western powers and Eastern blocs debated river control and access. The United States faced limited support from Arktan and France, while Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Soviet Ukraine aligned with other nations, shaping the pact’s fate and regional influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Kingleton
Europe
Dane Aahe
Ameri
United States
Arktan
France
Husnia
Crochontovakia
Yugoslavia
Hangar
Romania
Ukraine
Caven
Ish Canning
Nehru Seen as Indian Leader on Independence Anniversary
New Delhi dispatch recalls Jawaharlal Nehru’s rise as head of India’s 389 million citizens, urging world powers to settle disputes peacefully to avert a potential third world war. He warned that nations must make genuine efforts to resolve tensions rather than provoke each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Dawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Riosiaris
Eine Hare
Vance
Deraune Fryer
Ruesens
Republicans Fire At Truman Blast
Francis M. Lemay reports Republicans claim they saved American taxpayers nearly 350,000,000 by cutting administration spending over two years. House Republicans cite budget cuts and forecast a Treasury deficit, as Truman prepares a mid year budget review and ant inflation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Truman
Treasury
Maneure
HespwGiies
Dingell D-Mich
House
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Anti-Democrats Open Revolt In Mississippi
In Mississippi a new group named Democrats of Mississippi formed to back the Truman Barkley ticket for electors. Thomas J. Griffith Jr. of Ackerman was named temporary chairman. The regular Mississippi Democrats pledged nine electors to Thurmond Wright. Fielding L. Wright helped originate the plan and is a stated candidate of the States Rights ticket. Letters were sent to 15 prominent Mississippians seeking advice on how to select electoral slate. Immediate action was urged to rally for the national Democratic party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrati of
Missyeuppi
Thomas J. Griffith, Jr
Ackermat
University of Mississsppi Menior
Mississippi
Democratvc
Thurmond-Wright
Fielding L. Wright
National Democratic Party
National Party
Barkley
London Trolley Creates Unusual Scene After Wild Urge
In London a disruptive incident occurred on a trolley car as a passenger reportedly acted on a peculiar urge, tossing a white glob toward a platform lamp while a steward responded. The scene drew attention from riders and staff before calm was restored.
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London
Albert
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Aim
U.S
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