Western Allies Seek United Western Position on Berlin Crisis
American experts Bohlen Smith and Bevin move to London to resolve Allied differences over Berlin and present a united western stance to Russia. They plan talks with British and French envoys, seeking restricted Berlin talks while Moscow favors broader German discussions amid expanded airfields in western Germany.
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London
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Charles E. “Chap” Bohlen
Statement
W. Bedell Smith
U. S
Moscow
Will Huddle
Lewis Las
Iow
Ernest Bevin
Rene Massigli
Berlin Trrade
Britain
France
United States
Mystery B-17 Pilot Placed Under Arrest In New York
Nine men who flew a B-17 to the Azores and onward toward Palestine returned to New York. Pilot Irvin R. Schindler, 32, was arrested on a neutrality act export charge for sending an airplane and implements of war abroad without a license. Bail set at 1000 dollars. potential penalties include a 10000 dollar fine and two years in jail.
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New York
Palestine
Azores
FBI
Irvin R. Schindler
U. S
Schindler
Miami
Fla
Pan American Airways
la Guardia Field
Immigration, Public Health, Customs
State Department
Cil Aeronautics Administration
Halifax
United States
Nova Scotia
Elis Island
Hyman Mark
Sholom Solowitz
Brooklyn
Revenge Slayer Still Unrepentant in Prison Interview
Mercer county jail release reveals 24 year old Ro Daniels vows to kill Red Harris if given the chance. Daniels and Johnny West faced first degree murder charges for six slayings linked to Mansfield Reformatory staff. He recalls Niebel and family deaths as strict but denies a personal vendetta while admitting a long hunt for Harris.
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Celina
Mercer County
Red Harris
Mark) Daniels
van Wert County
Here
Johnny West
F. Roy Shaffer
van Wert
Harris
West
Mansfield
John E. Niebel
Reformatory Farm
Nolanda
Phyllis
Daniels
Niebel
Five Killed As Baseball Bus Strikes Truck
A head on crash on highway 36 near St Paul killed five men including four from the Duluth club of the Northern baseball league. Fourteen others injured seven critically as a Duluth team bus collided with a dry ice truck. Passersby pulled at least 10 players from the burning wreck. The Ramsey county morgue listed George Treadwell among the dead.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Duluth
Northern Baseball League
Highway 36
Ramsey County
George Treadwell
Superior
Andre Marie Becomes France's New Premier
Andre Marie secured confirmation as France's premier with 352 votes for and 190 against in the national assembly. The 50 year old conservative former radical socialist leader promised to reestablish the republican state and form a government by tomorrow night.
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Paris
Andre Marie
France
National Assembly
Marie
Radical Socialist Party
Norman Sawyer
Buchenwald
Assembly
Justice Ministry
Robert Schuman
Vincent Auriol
Maine
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaullists
Third Party Platform Is Drastic
The 7000 word platform drafted for Henry Wallace's progressive party advocates constitutional rights for communists to speak freely and calls for peace with Russia, repeal of the draft, abolition of atom bombs, government ownership of large industries, and expansion of minority rights. It envisions a world federal government via the United Nations and criticizes both major parties for opposed foreign and domestic policies.
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Philadelphia
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Russia
America
United Nations
Alsace
Democratic Platform
Wallace
Congress In No Mood To Push Truman's Program
Congress arrives for a special session called by President Truman in a wary mood. Leaders expect 10 to 12 bills, with price controls and housing on the top of the agenda. Southern Democrats plan a lengthy filibuster on civil rights, aided by some Republicans.
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Congress
Truman
Washington
Senate
Hatch
D-Nm
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Antuman
Trumph
House
Wallace enters 1948 race with call to withdraw from Berlin
Henry A. Wallace formally joins the 1948 presidential race with a pledge to pull American troops from Berlin in pursuit of peace. He accepts the Progressive Party nomination amid loud support. Rep. Vito Marcantonio and Paul Robeson urge anti-indictment marches to Washington. Wallace promises peaceful talks with the Soviet Union as the party adopts a permanent structure and a 7,000 word platform focused on peace.
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Shire Park
Philadelphia
Henry A. Wallace
America
Berlin
Progressive Party
Vito Marcantonio
New York
Marcantonio
Washington
Truman
Justice Department
Paul Robeson
Tam
Wallace
Russia
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Philadel
Cissy Patterson Career Ended By Heart Ailment
Eleanor Medill Patterson publisher of the Washington Times-Herald was found dead at her Marlboro Maryland home. She had suffered a heart attack two years earlier and returned to work after three months recuperation. She was 63, daughter of Elinor Medill and Robert Wilson Patterson and granddaughter of Joseph Medill founder of the Chicago Tribune.
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Washington
Eleanor Medill Patterson
Washington Times-Heartd
Marlboro
Eva Borowik
Times-Herald
Elinor Medill
Robert Wilson Patterson
Joseph Medill
The
Chicago Tribune
Pilots Report Strange Wingless Double-Deck Rocket Plane
Eastern Airlines captains C. H. Childes and J. B. Whitted reported sighting a wingless double-deck speedster near Montgomery Alabama while on the Houston to Boston run. They described a 100 foot fuselage with two rows of windows and rear red flames shooting 25 to 50 feet as the craft flashed by at 500 to 700 miles per hour heading toward New Orleans.
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Atlanta
Eastern Airlines
C. 8
Chiles
J. B. Whitted
Boston
Montgomery
Ala
Childes
New Orleans
States Rights Democrats Form Fourth Party to Campaign
In Atlanta on July 24 the states rights Democrats announce a new fourth party led by Gov Strom Thurmond and Gov Fielding Wright to contest all 48 state ballots. They deny white supremacy and pledge states rights as the main issue, with Thurmond to speak at Cherryville festival on July 31 and immediate party organization planned.
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Atlanta
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Birmingham
Thurmond
Cherryville
S. C
Truman
National Party
Wage and price indexes hit new highs as inflation rises
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average weekly earnings for about 13 million factory workers at $52.81 on June 15, with a record rise in the cost of living index to 171.7 percent of the 1935-39 average. Wage gains in durable goods lift earnings, while non durable goods show lower levels and shorter weeks.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dential
Williamsburg
Congress
Bureau
Durable Goods
Three Men Plead Guilty to Counterfeit Passes in NC
Three men from North Carolina pleaded guilty to distributing counterfeit twenty dollar bills. Bowen, Vail, and Arrington were bound over to the Eastern District Federal Court with bonds set at 5000, 2500, and 1500 dollars respectively. Notes were traced to Vail’s farm and a dog track in Morehead City.
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Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Eastern District Federal Court
Wilson
John Harvey Bowen
Holton Lee Vail
Ayden
Bowen
Nathaniel Lee Arrington
U. S
Secret Service
Louis D. Lacey
Charlotte
Vail
Morehead City
Monroe
Lacey
Arrington
Virginia
New York City
Locey
Polio Hospital Fund Reaches $180 000 in Central NC drive
Greensboro reports the Central Carolina convalescent hospital building fund unofficially reaches 180000 as five new admissions join the ORD ward. The Huffine Mill road project rises, with plumbers laying sewer lines as total admissions since last November reach 267. County and city donations, including Liberty citizens 2400.03 and Alamance county 5841.11, bolster the fund.
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Greensboro
N. C
Central Carolina
North Carolina
Hospital
Citizens of Liberty
Alamance County
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Louisville
Memphis
Bid
New Or Ao
Portland
Stalin
Wallace Or
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Soviet Union
Martin
Rmore
World Peace New Party
Cissy Patterson
Harold W. Ward
Government Statistical Agency
President Truman
Polio Hospital
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