Zhdanov Death Shocks Moscow in State Mourning
Andrei Zhdanov died at 52 prompting national mourning as tens of thousands viewed his body in the Hall of Columns and up to a million were expected to file past the bier before interment at the Kremlin wall. He was a close Stalin ally and a leading Politburo member, key figure in Cominform policing Tito and guiding Soviet policy. speculation swirled about succession while Stalin’s health remained a guarded topic.
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Teeny Gilmore
Andrei
Zhdanov
Feecoe
Hecat
Mocow
Oda
Kremlin
Stalin
Communist Party
Moscow
Russia
Red Square
Pravda
Politburo
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Mikhail Kalinin
V .M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Molotov
J. P. Berin
Oal
Communist International Information Bureau
Nnnenation
Poland
Yuri Levitan
Zhdaniv
McKinnon Named Acting Director of WV Commission
Charleston news reports Robert W. McKinnon will direct the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission. The appointment to succeed William C. Handlan was announced by Governor Meadows, with McKinnon long tied to the state agency and three years with the commission.
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Charleston
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Robert W. McKinnon
McKinnon
William C. Handlan
Meadows
Immediaee
Zzyzzs Silence Baffles Oklahoma City Directory
In Oklahoma City the new telephone directory lists Bill Zzyzz and Bill Morris at the same address, while neighbors know neither Zzyzz nor Morris. Both cannot be reached by phone, and the company wonders who is being buzzed by Zzyzz.
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Oklahoma City
Sept
Bill Zzyzz
Harry and
Phillip
Morris
Zzyzz
Noted historian Charles A Beard dies in New Haven
Charles A Beard, 73, famed historian and author of about 30 books on American history, died at Grace New Haven Community Hospital after a stay since August 2. His controversial April book President Roosevelt And The Coming of The War 1941 sparked debate. he and wife Mary coauthored several works, including The Rise of American Civilization.
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New Haven
Charles A. Beard
Grace- New Haven Community Hospital
Marion Howard
Ashley W. Oughterseon
Beard
President Roosevelt
United States
Japan
Germany
Roosevelt
National Institute of Art and Letters
Mary
Three Hurt In Kentucky Auto Wreck On Mountain
Three Ohio residents were injured yesterday when the stolen blue green Mercury coupe left the highway on a Kentucky mountain near Prestonsburg. Richard Smith 22 Lakewood Ohio suffered a broken leg. Doris Siss 14 Berea Ohio and Bob Vasey 17 Lakewood Ohio had lesser injuries. All treated at Prestonsburg General hospital. Suspected theft noted by Berea police.
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Prestonsburg
Ohio
Florida
Here
Ray Collins
Prestonsburg General Hospital
Collins
Richard Smith
Lakewood
Doris Siss
Berea
Bob Vasey
Madison St
Veteran Engineer L A Flickenger Retires After Last Run
Charleston observer notes locomotive engineer L A Flickenger ending a 47 year career with the New Central Railroad. He pulled passenger train No 9 from Charleston to Corning on his final trip as coworkers decorated the engine with bunting bright paint and a sign announcing the veteran’s last run.
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Charleston
L. A. Flickenger
New Central Railroad
Flickenger
Corning
Murray Rams Through That Endorsement
CIO President Philip Murray announced at the White House that the CIO Political Action Committee will unanimously support President Truman in the November elections. The CIO core vote followed a 35 to 12 CIO executive board decision endorsing the Truman Barkley ticket.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
CIO Political Action Committee
Truman
Murray
White House
Cio-Pac
Truman-Barkley
PoKD CAMP ESCAPEE KILLED BY GUARDS
Clarksburg Sept 1 The second escape attempt in five years for a long term convict ended in death yesterday. Hill Lewis supervisor of the prison road camp at Gypsy Harrison county said Buster Cutlip 30 Poeshontas county had been shot and killed after he failed to stop while attempting to escape from a near Jane Lew. Cutlip sentenced in 1940 to twenty years for forgery and grand larceny had tried escaping in 1943 and was shot in the stomach. Howard E Woolfrom who had tried to flee with Cutlip surrendered after Cutlip was shot. Woolfrom was sentenced to two to fifteen years for forgery. The camp superintendent said Cutlip was spotted by three guards shortly after he and Woolfrom were found missing from the prisoner group at lunchtime. The guards shouted to Cutlip see ROAD page 6.
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Clarksburg
Hill Lewis
Uison Road
Gypsy
Harrison County
Buster Cutlip
Poeshontas County
Jane Lew
Lewis
Cutlip
Howard E. Woolfrom
Woolfrom
Woolfrem
Railroads to embargo freight to West Coast ports
Washington date Sept 1 railroads prepared to impose a broad embargo on freight shipments to West Coast ports if a maritime work stoppage occurs tomorrow. Arthur H. Gass of the Association of American Railroads said the embargo is a protective measure. Exemptions include grain soybeans flax seed malt and bulk rice with elevator permits.
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Washington
Railroa
West Coast
Arthur H. Gass
Car Service Division
The
Association of American Railroads
Gass
Ormy
B. and C. clash over state takeovers and damages
Charleston dispatch notes Baltimore and Ohio Railway argues the state cannot assume the favorable terms of a private contract. It seeks $1,850 from Auditor Sims for injuries to Neal Ripley on the Parkersburg bridge now state owned. The wire reports a divorce suit in Washington accusing Towner F. Jones of favoritism toward Shenandoah.
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Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroa
Supreme Court
Edgar B. Sims
Parkersburg
Neal Ripley
Parkersburg-Belfry
Washington
the Railroad
Shenandoah
Barkersburg
Paul
Ine H. Jones
Towner F. Jones
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
Jones
New Pastor Takes Post at Central Christian Church
The Rev. Herschell H. Richmond will assume duties as pastor of the Central Christian church this Sunday, succeeding Rev. Ray Henthorne who resigned to become editor of Front Rank, a national Christian church publication based in St. Louis.
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Pairmont
Herschell H. Richmond
Central Christian Church
Ray Henthorne
Front Rank
The
Christian Church
St. Louis
New York Truck Strike Halts General Cargo Movement
New York faced a citywide truck stoppage as union drivers halted movement of all general cargo over a pay raise dispute. Local 807 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters led the walkout, affecting 9,400 members though it claims 13,000. Mediators from city, state, and federal levels began efforts to end the disruption.
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New York
Commerce and Industry Association
Truman
Pesident
William O'Dwyer
XPD International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Division of Labor Relations
Skipper tells harrowing tale of narrow escape
Richard Christy of Crisfield Maryland, 34, captain of the 55 foot C A Christy, spoke of a harrowing radar rescue after his boat was swamped by heavy waves south of James Island in upper Chesapeake Bay. He arrived in Norfolk aboard the City of Norfolk with his family nearby, while the other survivor, Carroll Evans, 18, was picked up by a tug.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Bay Line
Richard Christy
Chrisfield
Mad
C. A
A. Christy
Carroll Clayton Evans
Crisfield
Hawsie
Christy
Baltimore
Bay
C. A. Christy
Maryland Oyster Packing Enterprise
Film Star Mitchum Arrested In Narcotics Raid
Hollywood report states actor Robert Mitchum along with Robin Ford Lila Leeds and Vickie Evans were booked on narcotics charges after a raid on a Los Angeles home. Det. Barr and Det. McKinnon said Mitchum and Ford were seen smoking marijuana.
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Hollywood
Robert Mitchum
Mitchum
Robin Ford
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Ford
Sets
A.M. Barr
J. B. McKinnon
Los Angeles Anarcotics Detail
One Killed Eight Hurt In Three Ply Crash Today
In Hanover Virginia ten miles north of Hanover Courthouse a man aiding a jackknifed tractor trailer was killed and eight others injured. Thomas Johnson 25 of Bowling Green was killed. A northbound car with five Fort Bragg soldiers on furlough struck the tractor trailer, and another car with an Ohio family collided with the wreckage.
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Hanover
Hanover Courthouse
E. R. Collis
Thomas Johnson
Bowling Green
Johnson
Fort Braga
N.C
Collis
Ohio
Explosion Leaves Army Officers Baffled in Jackson
In Jackson South Carolina an explosion that killed three soldiers and injured 23 remained a mystery after 20 hours of investigation. Public relations officer Capt. Anderson P. Neely said the accident is still unsolved as four platoons of 80 men marched along a well traveled road nearby.
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Jackson
S.C
Anderson P. Neely
Lyle Talbot Announces Marriage to Paula Deaven
Actor Lyle Talbot said in a March announcement from Tijuana Mexico that he and singer Paula Deaven are expecting a child and plan to marry. He noted this will be his fourth marriage. Also mentioned is the 13th annual convention of the West Virginia branch of the Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians of America to be held in Clarksburg over a Sunday through day period.
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Hollywood
Lyle Talbot
Tijuana
Mexico
Paula Deaven
Talbot
Charleston
West Virginia
The
Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians of America
Clarksburg
Long Machine In Tough Struggle Over Louisiana
Russell Long, son of Huey P. Long, surged ahead of Judge Robert F. Kennon by 536 votes in the Louisiana Democratic Senate primary as partial returns showed. Kennon led early. midmorning tallies from a portion of parishes favored Kennon, while New Orleans and Baton Rouge favored Long, with rural areas still mostly unreported.
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New Orleans
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Robert F. Kennon
United States
Long
Robert Kennon
United States Senate
Kennon
Tonay
Louisiana
Urgan
Earl K. Long
Baton Rouge
Allen J. Allender
Senterat
James Do« Mengeaux
Charles
Gerth
Wallace tones down his appeal thru the south
Henry A Wallace campaigned in Decatur Alabama urging unity as he spoke before about 600 people at the Morgan county courthouse. He noted he does not come south to preach disunity and thanked attendees for their courtesy while facing tomatoes, eggs, and boos from some.
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Leroy Sims Decatur
Ala
Henry A. Wallace
Alabama
Progressive Party
North Carolina
Morgan County Court House
Wallace
Wallace Page
Second Meeting of Governors of German City Today
The four of Germany began a second conference on the Berlin crisis to consider ending the 70 day blockade. Four power experts on transport finance and economics prepared findings for the four military governors, with Berlin control and Moscow directives shaping the discussion. The session started in the Allied control council room as groups met earlier to report their progress.
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Richard Kasischke
Germany
Magdeburg
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Oatent
Allied Control ‘Council
Moscow
Harry G Clark Dies in Graf ton at 68
Harry G Clark, 68, longtime Graf ton theatrical and circus publicity agent, died this morning. A familiar figure locally and worldwide, he traveled across the United States and abroad with various shows before retiring to East Main Street’s BPO Elks Lodge home. He left a wealth of stories and friendships from Graf ton’s past.
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Grafton
Harry
G. Clark
United States
B.P.O
Elks Lodge
East Main Street
Warren To Open Republican Campaign With Swing Thru East
Washington dispatch reports the Liberal party may back Roosevelt in 1944 as CIO support solidifies. The piece notes plans for a Truman Barkley ticket and Liberal party help to win New York electoral votes, with Adwee WARREN page continuing coverage.
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Jack Bell
Washington
New York
Liberal Party
Roosevelt
Truman-Barkley
CIO
Administration
Liberal “Party Committee
New Dealer
Ad- ' Wee Warren Page
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Harry Clark
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Grafton Sentinel
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