Balkan power play tests Briton King George fate
The piece views Greece as a flashpoint in Russo British maneuvers with King George restored in Greece. It notes civil strife in Greece, Albanian Yugoslav leftists, and British troops, arguing a wider war would hinge on give and take and Moscow and London avoiding escalation, with King George’s influence still uncertain.
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Altaira
Bethe
King George of
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Russia
Britain
America
Greece
John Bull
Balkan Peninsula
Balkans
European
Turkey
Moscow
Europe
Albania
Yugoslavia
George
Foreign Office
London
Balkan
George Himelf
England
Lieutenants Take Over for UMW Head
Two mild mannered aides of John L. Lewis assume leadership of the United Mine Workers as he recuperates from surgery. Vice President John O Leary and Secretary Treasurer Thomas Kennedy chair the 38th convention in Atlantic City while Lewis, 66, is in hospital.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine
United Mine Workers
Atlantic City
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John O'Leary
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
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Chicago
UMW
The
CIO
Burglar Leaps From Window In Escape With Trousers
A thief fled a Philadelphia house early today after being disturbed by August Lang of City Transit. The burglar vaulted a first floor window, somersaulted to the lawn, and escaped with an empty pair of trousers and a $1,200 tie pin.
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August Lang
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Three Hammond youths die after resting on railroad tracks
In Hammond Indiana three teens Melvin Altgibers Jr Charles Chick and James Walker were killed when a Nickle Plate freight train struck them as they slept on the Black Oak right of way near Hammond and Gary The fourth youth James August Blair escaped and reported a pre dawn gathering at a Hammond home where the boys had each had a beer Authorities said the group returned to the tracks after a momentary illness and could not escape the locomotive’s path.
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Hammond Technical High School
Black Oak
Gary
Melvin Altgibers, Jr
Charles Chick
James Walker
James August Blair
Hollie, , & Oe
Arthur ‘Thompson
Blair
Algilbers
Thompson
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Altgilders
Chick
Walker
Operation halted second time in two days
The AFL Motormen avoided crossing the independent union picket lines while police protection was not requested. About 70,000 clerical and production workers in the 1.5 million residents area were idle, with at least $10 million lost to business and payrolls as shops and offices closed and street lights glowed over hills.
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Independent Union
Sso
Colored Boys White Girls Provoke Fight
In Manchester on September 28 police said a street clash between Jamaican airmen and white Manchester civilians ended in the death of John Edward Smith, 22. Donald G. Beard, 23, was bound over on murder charges as Detective Inspector Frank Stainton testified that protesters objected to the Jamaicans with white girls and a fight broke out with Smith killed by a neck stab.
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War Firm Denies Allegations in Surplus Sale Probe
A Chicago firm linked in a House Surplus Investigating Committee probe denied improper pricing and said it suffered unjust harm from testimony tying it to a mystery document. Hallicrafters official Lester L. Giles rejected claims of dual pricing for surplus radio trucks and noted his contract allowed price setting on its own goods. The WAA faced questions after a memo purportedly dated December but written in April emerged. a WAA employee involved was suspended as to who authorized the price.
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Lester L. Kelsey
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Hallicrafters
Foreign agents tied to Iran plot, Tass reports
London dispatch cites Soviet Tass saying foreign agents backed a rebellion in southern Iran. They allegedly supplied arms to Bayier Ahmedi Mamsane and Qashqai tribes, planned independence for Huzistan, and a march on Tehran to topple the central government. rebels moved on Shiraz Ardakan Bushire area September 14 to 23.
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Persian Gulf
Hayat Davudi
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Qashyal
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Bayier
Ardakan
Bevin Says War Not Expected But Nerves Must End
London dispatch reports Ernest Bevin, echoing Stalin, saying no immediate war is expected though the current "war of nerves" must end to achieve peace. Speaking to Wandsworth workers after returning from Paris, Bevin noted Russia does not foresee further war and said he also does not expect one or know anyone calling for it.
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Ernest Bevin
Stalin
Wandsworth
Russia
Judd warns against aiding Russia to avoid war
Republican representative Walter H. Judd of Minnesota told the Pennsylvania Federation of Women’s Clubs that aiding Russia could create a Frankenstein monster and push the U.S. toward World War III. He urged a firm but not tough stance to draw the line now.
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United States
Japan
Russia
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Pennsylvania Federation of Women’s Clubs
Forestry Class Entrant From Indiana Goes to Mount Alto
Robert C. Wine of South Seventh Street Indiana leaves for Mount Alto to participate in the Forestry Class conducted by State College.
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South Seventh Street
Indiana
Mount Alto
StateCollege
Relief Payments Edge Down in County Totals
Relief payments to needy residents dipped slightly to 2045 dollars for the week, versus 2047 the prior week and 1375 in the same week last year. Chile is described as the chief raining country in South America.
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South America
Daylight Time Ends for Most Across Nation
About half the nation ends daylight saving time tonight and returns to Standard Time at 2 A M local time. Maine residents in a few communities keep the extra hour for potato harvest. Twenty three states that did not observe DST will be unaffected.
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Maine
Peace Parley Blocks Yugoslav Signatory Status
Paris Sept 28 United Nations peace conference body approves a U S proposal to bar Yugoslavia from signing the Italian treaty if it refuses to join. Italy Yugoslavia boundary line set by the French line Tito's delegation vows not to sign or withdraw forces. US offers amendment to deny reparations claim of 1 3 billion dollars if not signatory. Russia and Slavic states oppose, 11 to 8. Vishinsky condemns move as a breach of the Big Four accord and plans to protest.
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Yugoslavia
Italy
Marshal Tito
Istria
United States
Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
Andrei
Vishinsky
Pravda Attacks US Arctic Expeditions as Peace Threat
Pravda in Moscow broadcast claims American Arctic expeditions do not aid peace or trust and assert a northward military push. It cites the Midway carrier mission and Canada US Muskox venture as secretly military and offensive, not defensive, actions by US and allies.
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America
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Will of Hazleton man leaves salt to Italian towns
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on September 23 the will of late Domaino Genetti a former Hazleton businessman was filed for probate. It leaves three kilograms of salt to each family in Castelfondo and Salobbe both in northern Italy. Genetti born 85 years ago in Castelfondo also leaves 20 lire to each person in the two towns receiving public assistance. About 100 families are expected to benefit the gift reflects an ancient Blodwilt tradition.
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Domaino Genetti
Hazleton
Castlefondo
Salobbe
Italy
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Castelfondo
Two Indiana Boys At Girard College Admission
From Indiana County two boys Charles and Roy Brown of Indiana Pa have been admitted to Girard College in Philadelphia. The school, a boarding institution for boys aged six to ten who have lost their fathers, has enrolled about 1,400 students making it the largest of its kind, with emphasis on individual development.
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Girard College
Philadelphia
Charles and
Roy Brown
North Fifth Street
Indiana
Eisenhower Returns to Germany for Occupation Force Check
General Dwight D. Eisenhower United States Chief of Staff arrives in Germany with his wife and son Captain John Eisenhower to inspect the Allied occupation forces. They land at Eschborn Airport after a flight from England aboard the Sunflower.
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Germany
Frankfurt
Eisenhower
United States
John Eisenhower
Eschborn
England
Three Bolivian conspirators hanged by mob in La Paz
In La Paz a 40 000 strong crowd lynched Luis Oblitas Bustamante and two majors Jurge Escobar and Jorge Equino, the former lieutenants accused of plotting against President Monte Gutierrez after the July revolution. The mob stormed the jail, the rope broke at Equino, and he was shot. Oblitas Bustamante allegedly attacked a presidential aide and breached the president's office before being seized by police.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Luis Oblitas Bustamante
Joge Escobar
Jorge Equino
Gualberto Villarro
US Russia Clash On Danube Navigation Issue
US and Soviet delegates clashed over opening the Danube to free navigation as the UN council prepared to resume talks on Yugoslav and Czech vessel restitution. US plans a Vienna conference by November 1 to resolve Danube traffic blocks while Russia accuses Washington of interfering in internal affairs. Also, Charles Barry Shannon, 55, Palm Beach Publications head and Col. E R Bradley estate co-executor, died in Lexington.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
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Danube
United Nations Economic and Social Council
U. S
John G. Winant
America
Vienna
Winant
Nickolai Feeney
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Europe
West Palm Beach, Fla
Charles_ Barry Shannon
The
Palm Beach Publications, Inc
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Lexington, Ky
Comatose Mother On Flight Home
A comatose mother, Rhoda Wenger, left Allentown for an 18 hour flight to San Francisco in a DC-3 Army hospital plane. She travels to stay near her hospitalized soldier husband and four month old daughter Karen Beth, amid rollbacks and price actions affecting meat meals in restaurants.
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Rhoda Wenger
Wees
San Francisco
Karen Beth
Leland
Wenger
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Letterman General Hospital
Catherine L. Nelson
Fear Seven Lost On PT Boat Trip
Manila dispatch reports seven persons including an American feared lost at sea after a PT boat convoy to Hong Kong ran into trouble. PT366 crew cut loose after five days, fuel ran low, convoy commander Capt. Lukban lost course. King Neptune towed one vessel to Manila. Other three boats unreported at Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Robert H. Middleton
U. S. Foreign Liquidation Commission
Honk Kong
PT366
Ramon G. Lukban
King Neptune
Luzon
FBI Nails Con Man Wanted As Swindler
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest in Miami Florida of Antonio Navarro Fernandez a notorious international confidence man wanted for a 125000 swindle He was taken off a Curacao bound flight and a New York complaint charged him with violating the National Stolen Property Act He has used more than 20 names and a long arrest record dating to 1910 with aliases The Frog Man and Kid Tiger are among his gangster circle nicknames.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Miammi
Fla
Antonio Navarro Fernandez
Hoover
Fernandez
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
New York City
United States
Miami
Ecuador
Wien
Vienna
Austria
Lausanne
Switzerland
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Poland
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Denmark
Roe
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England
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Venezuela
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UNRRA Full of Reds Says Solon
Senator Stanfill charged UNRRA is saturated with Communists and that US furnished 2.75 billion dollars in UNRRA goods sent to Soviet dominated states like Yugoslavia and Poland are diverted to bolster the Soviet war machine. He warned Tito forces could attack American soldiers near Trieste.
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Washington
Stanfill
R-Ky
UNRRA
United States
Yugoslavia
Poland
Meat Shortage Predicted To Last Some Time
Thompson warned the meat shortage will continue for some time while Western cattlemen dispute Truman’s forecast for a rise in beef supply. Officials say military requisitioning at reduced rates could limit services to about 3.5 percent of total output this year. OPA plans to scrap June 30 price ceilings on restaurant meals with higher ceilings coming next week.
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OPA
National Restaurant Association
Walter F. Clark
Association
Chicago
Robert Wilson
Thompson
Truman
Obituaries for Marie Craighead Marguerite Roadarmel Williams
Obituary notices list Marie Craighead a retired Bills School for Girls teacher in Pittsburgh and former Elders Ridge resident. Also Marguerite Roadarmel Williams of Indiana with funeral at Robinson Funeral Home Indiana and Greenwood Cemetery burial. John W. Boyer 82 dies near Burnside. services at Glen Campbell Presbyterian Church. Michael John Dropp Jr., 38, Heilwood miner with family, services at Heilwood Catholic Church.
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Pittsburgh
Robinson Funeral
Harry Burton Boyd
Greenwod
Marguerite Roadarmel Williams
Marguerite Roadarmer Williams
Washington Street
Indiana
Robinson Funeral Home
Raymond D. Custer
Greenwood
John W. Boyer
Burnside
Presbyterian Church
Glen Campbell
Urey Cemetery
McCardle
Michael John Dropp, JR
Michael
Marleen
Richard
Paul
Jersey Shore
Julia Berringer
Margaret Dropp
Emma Sutila
Heilwood
Anna Louise Dropp
Washington
D. C
Mary Bassaro
Springdale
Conn
Heilwood Catholic Church
Father A. C. Marzhauser
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Lardners Wed To Wed Las Vegas Wedding Plans
Screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr. and Frances Lardner widow of his late brother David plan to marry in Las Vegas Nevada today. Lardner is 31 and his fiancee 27. David Lardner was killed in World War II.
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Ring Lardner, Jr
Prances Lardner
David
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