Russians mass troops on Iran Soviet border says source
An anonymous foreign source reports Russia has massed 35 to 115 thousand troops along the Araxes border between Iran and the Soviet Union. Observers describe five Red Army units deployed 38 miles east of Dzhuflan, a border city near Tabriz. Tass denied similar reports. Iranian Ambassador Hussein Ala said troops in the Caucasus north of Iran are possible for countering British pressure or pressuring Turkey. British mechanized Indian troops near Baoro Iraq add to regional tension.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Tehran
Araxes River
Iran
Russia
Polticial
Dzhuflan
Tabriz
Tass
Hussein Ala
United States
Ala
Washington
Caucasus
Turkey
Dardanelles
Baoro
Iraq
Britain
Some Food Prices Cant Be Put Back
Washington report says meat dairy and other staples cannot return to June 30 levels even if decontrol is restored. Porter notes subsidies cuts make reversion impossible. board will decide next week and prices will likely rise. Steelman warns labor not to demand raises without productivity gains. Porter sees an end to mandatory hikes and a chance to keep future increases manageable.
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Washington
Paul A. Porter
Congress
OPA
Decontrol Board
Porter
CIO High Command
John RB. Steelman
Russian troop deployment near Azerbaijan border sparks rail lane concerns
The report notes Russian forces east of Dzhulfa approaching key rail and highway corridors into Azerbaijan, near the area evacuated last May. It also mentions an American attack on Col. Williarms and the arrest and release of three aides who traveled to Tabriz from here last week for the northern frontier.
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Dzhulfa
Azerbaijan
Col
Williarms
Sexton
Tabriz
Jin Tabrz
Mystery Voice Harangues Jews in Haifa Port
In Haifa crowds protest planned deportation of more Jewish immigrants to Cyprus as a masked speaker urges readiness for any action. British ships guard troop transports Empire Rival and Empire Heywood while Hagana broadcasts warn against reckless acts.
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Carter L. Davidson
Haifa
Palestine
Cyprus
Fenice
Fvifa
S. S
Voice of Israel
Hagana
Empire Heywood
Catalina Crash Lands In Birmingham Lake
A Navy Catalina flying boat en route to Atlanta from Shreveport crash landed on the edge of a small lake near Birmingham Alabama on Saturday afternoon. Two of the eight aboard were WAVES and two were injured though names were not released. Motor failure caused the emergency landing and the pilot overshot the takeoff area before the aircraft came to rest in the water. The injured were treated at local hospitals.
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Birmingham
Ala
Enrplle
Shreveport
Dua
Atlante
Here
Birmingham Army Air Base
Naval Air Station
Folay
Bennett Field
N.Y
Waers Edut
Alabama coaching school draws 100 plus coaches
In Tuscaloosa Alabama more than 100 high school and junior college coaches signed up for the 14th annual coaching school opening April 22. Athlete Director Frank Thomas will tutor along with other Alabama staff including Thomas Lieb Mal Col Kates Lew Bostick and more. The three day event gathers prep coaches from seven Southeastern states and features lectures on football fundamentals.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Frank Thomas
Southeastern
Chanie
Tor Lieb
Malcol Kates
Lew Bostick
Dixie Mowell
Joe Kiltrow
Alabama Stait
John Reed
Hine
Shorty Ople
Decatur
Comer Lions
Parrish High School
Selgna
Nick Carter Back For Wrestling Show
Nick Carter returns for a wrestling event featuring Carter and partner versus Patna and Prone Bada in a two falls out of three match. Dan and Sew are listed as the opposing team with Kale Pasha and Prine Badu billed as villains in a classic annual card expected to attract fans.
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Patna
Saint
Caster
Kreete
Tero
Alway
Kale Pasha
Prine Badu
Vilans
Turkey
E B Coker Dies At Abbeville Home
Funeral services for E B Coker seventy died at his Abbeville home after an illness will be held at 3 pm today at Camp Springs Church with Rev Mark A Lower of Abbeville officiating Burial will follow in the church cemetery Ward Wilson is funeral director Coker had lived in Abbeville ten years and was a member of Old Zon Church Surviving wife four daughters Mrs Viola Brinson Baldwin Mrs Abbie Ree Laswell and Mrs Frankie Bell Hardwick all of Abbeville and Mrs Beatrice Webb Columbus Ga a daughter in law Mrs Hosea Coker Dothan a brother P E Coker Columbia and several grandchildren Active pallbearers Tull McKnight Walter Haywood Rob Starling Dave Merritt Nelson Moody and Comner Smith Honorary: Dr A M Robertson John Buxton Edd Starling Travis Haywood Jack Hardwick Mack Hardwick Sr Mack Hardwick Jr George Strickland Yancure Strickland D W Merritt Boab Jones Doswell Loren Sanders Dr Revert Snell Sr P Snell John Wood Sam Wood C McKnight and Dr Marvin Scult
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E. B. Coker
Abbeville
Camp Springs Church
Mark A. Lower
Ward-Wilson
Coker
Zon
Rob Starling
Dave Merritt
Nelson Moody
Comner Smith
A. M. Robertson
John Buxton
Edd Starling
Travis Haywood
Jack Hardwick
Mack Hardwick
Mack Hardwick, Jr
George Strickland
Yancure Strickland
D. W. Merritt
Boab Jones Doswell
Loren Sanders
Revert Snell,Sr
P. Snell John Wood
Sam Wood
C. McKnight
Marvin Scult
Tear Gas Clears Padilla Demonstration Before Embassy
Police used tear gas bombs to break up a 2000 strong protest by Mexican democratic party supporters in front of the American embassy in Mexico City. The crowd aimed to draw attention to alleged election fraud and awaited Eisenhower during a reception at the embassy residence. The event paused briefly as tear gas dispersed the crowd.
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Mexico City
Ezequiel Padilla
Mexican Democratic Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. Army
Padilla
Fisenhower
Eisenhower
Arriba
Truman Enjoys First Day Of 18 Day Vacation Cruise
President Truman, aboard the Presidential yacht Williamsburg, is relaxed after the first day of an 18 day cruise into the Atlantic. White House secretary Charles G. Ross said the trip, leaving Delaware Bay, has done a lot of good and marks his first extended vacation in 16 months.
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S. Weiss
Truman
Williamsburg
Atlantic
Delaware Ba
Soth
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake-Delaware
Chesapeake
Delaware Bays
White House
Charles G. Ross
Trunan
Ross
Peanut farmers face insect threat amid dusting efforts across Wiregrass
About 30,000 farmers share the 16 label as American Airlines transports 20,000 pounds of poison to Dothan and Moultrie. Dusting operations expand with 35 freight cars and seven ten ton trucks en route. W. C. Faust arrives from Philadelphia to document the agricultural emergency while local officials plan progress meetings. Kali Pasha appears locally and Carter prepares to wrestle him in a two fall nine minute event starting at 8:30 p.m.
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American Airlines
Dothan
Moultrie
Life and Newsweek
W. C. Faust
Philadelphia
Faust
Webb
Enterprise
Houston County
Trespassing Charge Filed Against Men
William Johnson a 25 year old Dothan box driver was arrested on a trespassing count after police were summoned from a property in Dothan. Vinson a former Army officer and his son in law A B Martin chased Johnson from their yard late Friday night and turned him over to police at the bus station. Johnson said he was using a short cut when caught.
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William
Johnson
Dothan
W. J. Vinson
W. Adams
Vinson
Martin
118 Steers Die On Freight Car
NEW ORLEANS AP A cattle ruin from arsenic poisoning killed 118 steers on a transport from Florida to New Orleans. Dr. Frank B Ford, the examining veterinarian, said deaths resulted from arsenic exposure during spraying before shipment. The danger period was past, though a few more might die en route. The shipment totaled over 800 cattle in 24 stock cars, with 50 carcases removed at Montgomery Alabama and 24 at Mobile. 64 head died in the area.
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New Orleans
Florida
Frank B. Ford
Ford
Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Indictments Involve Poll Tax Fraud and Voter Bribery Scheme
More than 100 witnesses examined in a probe into fraudulent registrations and poll tax payments. Investigators assisted Circuit Solicitor Keener Baxley as indictments target tax collectors and registrars. The session lists 42 cases, from stills to murder, with Jim D. Lynn set to trial September 19 and Louise Stewart scheduled for the final day.
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Keener Baxley
Alabama
Gwaltney
Ed Cameron
Burkett
Merritt
Jim D. Lynn
Louise Stewart
Batesburg Negro Vet Blinded In Incident Details
In Batesburg South Carolina Peace Chief L Shaw admitted striking Isaac Woodward a Black war veteran who was blinded for life, claiming it necessary to subdue him. Woodward had said the beating occurred in Aiken South Carolina, but officials there denied it. The provost marshal of the Tth Army in Atlanta disclosed the incident happened here.
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Batesburg
S. C
L. Shaw
Isaac Woodward
Woodward
Aiken
D. C
Tth Army
Atlanta
Rioting in Calcutta Between Moslems and Hindus
Reports from Calcutta describe deadly clashes during a direct action day protests. Police and British army units fought mobs in central areas as gunfire and arson were reported. Casualties run into hundreds and thousands in injuries as rioting continued through Friday into Saturday.
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Calcuta
Calcutta
Reuters
Moslem League
Phenix City Mayor Criticizes Local Leagues in Letter
Phenix City Mayor Homer D. Cobb accuses the Good Government League and Christian Laymen's Association of trying to take over the city for personal gain. The groups allege election irregularities in Russell County and name dead voters in the gubernatorial primary. A back-and-forth follows between Cobb and league president C. H. Gunter and laymen president Hugh Bentley.
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Columbus, Ga
Homer D. Cobb
Phenix
C. H. Gunter
Hugh Bentley
Cobb
Phenix City
Bentley
Gunter
Nazi documents from Nuernberg trials published in eight volumes
A UK publication of translated Nazi letters and papers from the Fuhrer era includes the Falkenstein letter and other documents, intended to support charges at the Nuremberg trials. Many items were top secret. several were not used due to length or other reasons.
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France
Spain
Falkenstein
Jackson
Nuernberg
England
Hitler
Dunkirk
Bec
Soviet Campaign Elevates Hope of Deep Russian Advances
A fragment describes Soviet plans to press a swift campaign before Wednesday, led by generals and warlords, aiming to drive forward with tanks and compel the retreat of intact forces into expansive Russian spaces. The wording hints at daring operations to destroy and encircle troops.
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Rus
Hitler
Warlimans
Russia
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