Russians seize US bombers in Pacific war all but one B 29 downed
The United States Air Force says at least 10 American bombers were seized by Soviet forces during World War II after force landings in Russian territory while Russia was neutral in the Pacific war. Five were B 29s used as prototypes, with one B 29 shot down during a mission to drop food to prisoners in Korea.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Air Force
Korea
Russia
Moscow
Tokyo
USAF
Saipan
Kanko
Prebeaugonski
Benes Grows Steadily Weaker Amid Communist Tensions
Prague reports Eduard Benes, 64, in a deepening coma at his Sezimovo Usti villa after denouncing the February cabinet dictated by the Czech Communists. Physicians say weakness and paralysis on his right side persist as his condition deteriorates.
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Prague
U.P
Eduard Benes
United Press
Sezimovo Usti
Benes
United
Plan to rid armed services of disloyal persons disclosed
The Defense Department outlined a board drafted plan to remove disloyal individuals from the armed forces. It calls for teamwork to identify subversive affiliations, discharge disloyal personnel, and closely monitor those suspected of subversion. Overt acts could lead to court martial or civilian prosecution. The notice noted uncertainty about Communist membership as disloyalty. Draft centers opened a call for 10,000 army recruits.
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Washington
Armed Services
Defense Department
Armed Services Personnel Board
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Selective Service Headquarters
Army
Vincent McCall Strike Ends at Plant Reopening
A two week strike by Furniture Workers Local 729 at Vincent McCall company ended as more than 100 workers returned this morning after a 11 cents per hour raise retroactive to July 1, 1948. The two year contract runs to June 1, 1950 with three re opening dates set for Jan 1 1949 June 1 1949 and Jan 5 1950.
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Furniture Workers
Vincent McCall Company
William Vincent, Jr
Art Evans
O. S. Hoebreck
Milwaukee
Michael Covelli
Frank Ruffalo
Joseph Janesky
Ralph Chapman
Joseph Principe
Zigmond Grabowski
Emil Metallo
Atty
J. B. Molinaro
Wisconsin draft quota eyed at about two hundred men
Madison Wis. November draft quota projected at about 200 young men by Lt. Col. Bentley Courtenay state selective service director. He said no official national figure yet and one man may come from each of the 80 local boards with remaining selections from boards with higher registration.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Wisconsin
Bentley Courtenay
Selective Service
Courtenay
MacArthur Anti Strike Ukase Backed by Royall
Secretary of the Army Royall supported General MacArthur s no strike policy for Japanese workers amid Soviet criticism. He called MacArthur s suggestions that led to a temporary ban on such strikes not contrary to Allied occupation policy.
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Washington
Royall
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Woman Dies at 101 in Minneapolis
Mrs. Cyrus W. Wells aged 101 and the city’s oldest woman died last night at her daughter Mrs. William B. Newhall’s home. She studied in Rockford Illinois college when Lincoln was assassinated.
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Minneapolis
Cyrus W. Wells
William B. Newhall
Rockford, Ill
Lincoln
VA tightens hobby course grants halving July approvals
The Veterans Administration reports that in July only about one third of reviewed veteran requests for training in fields like aviation and photography were approved for vocation not recreation. Of 3 868 requests reviewed 691 were denied as hobby and 2 455 deferred for insufficient information while 1 340 were approved as genuine career pursuits. The agency notes prior curbs also targeted dancing and bartending training.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Impressive Funeral For Soviet Leader
Andrei Zhdanov, once seen as Stalin’s likely successor, was buried in Kremlin Walk Red Square after a state funeral. Soviet generals officers troops workers and Communist delegates joined in the ceremony while Foreign Minister Molotov delivered the main tribute for the Communist leadership.
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Moscow
U.P
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Josef Stalin
Kremlin
Red Square
Stalin
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Zhdanov
Communist Central Committee
Soviet Council of Ministers
Deportation actions target Communist leaders and Peters case
The Department of Justice moves to deport Jack Stachel and 24 other Communist leaders while hearing officer Farb keeps Peters’ case undecided. Henry Wallace travels Mississippi with a seven car state police escort for courteous treatment by Gov. Wright. Frank Stranahan advances toward the U S amateur title with a 6 and 5 win, Ray Billows also advances after a 5 and 4 victory.
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New York
Department of Justice
Jack Stachel
Communist Party
J. Peters
Ralph Farb
Peters
Jackson
Miss
U.P
Henry A. Wallace
Mississippi
Fielding L. Wright
Progressive Party
Memphis
Frank Stranahan
Charles Kocsis
Royal Oak
Mich
Ray Billows
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
William Barrett
Mem
Stranahan
Milkman Blames Milk For His Ruin In Drunken Driving Case
Detroit milkman Wilfred Provo told Traffic Judge John D. Watts that milk was his ruin after pleading guilty to a drunken driving charge. He admitted to sideswiping another car with his truck and said he drank because he was tired of milk deliveries.
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Detroit
Wilfred Provo
John D. Watts
Provo
Kenosha Tops Wisconsin Counties in 1948 Bike Deaths
The safety division of the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle department reports 11 bicyclists killed in state traffic accidents so far in 1948, with Kenosha County logging three deaths and LaCrosse two. Other counties had one each, and the toll compares to 13 deaths in 1947 and 16 in 1946. Sheriff La Violette and Police Chief Haukedahl urge cyclists to follow ten safety rules.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
Motor Vehicle Department
LaCrosse County
Dunn
Lincoln
Milan
Ozaukee
Outgamie
Polk
Department
Milton la Violette
Stanley G. Haukedahl
Safety Division
Progress Hints at Berlin Talks Open to Lifting Blockade
The Big Four military governors of Germany met over an hour and a half and signaled progress toward agreements on trade currency and transportation to lift the Soviet blockade of Berlin. A second meeting was planned likely for tomorrow as Moscow talks continue. Generals Clay Robertson Koenig joined Marshal Sokolovsky in the session.
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Berlin
Germany
Benin
Allied Control Authority
Moscow
Lucius D. Clay
Sir Brian Robertson
Pierre Koenig
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Hollywood Labor Day program features Voorhis as main speaker
Jerry Voorhis, former congressman and Cooperative League executive, will headline the Labor Day program at the Washington bowl in Hollywood. Democratic candidates Carl Thompson and Jack Harvey will speak. a boxing show, children’s races, music, and an American Legion band concert will follow with rain contingency at the Kenosha Union club ballroom.
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Jerry Voorhis
Cooperative League of the U
Voorhis
Carl Thompson
Jack Harvey
Agriculture Committee
Yale
Claremont College
California
R. Merrill Rhey
W. G Kult
Hartwick Dahl
CIO
AFL
Richard Lindgren
Uaw-Cio
Gregory Wallig
Federal Labor Union
Paul Whiteside
Brass and Copper Workers
George Molinaro
Local 72
Joseph Lourigan
Congdon Conservatory of Music
American Legion
UAW
Afl-Cio
Poreden
Rhey
W. W. Martelle
Helen Prostko
Harry Quandt
Margaret Hoffman
Joe Janssen
Helen Bohat
Kenosha Union Club
Congdon
Conservatory of Music
Pacific Coast Ports Hit By Major Labor Walkout
About 30,000 dock workers and seafarers walked off today freezing operations at Pacific coast ports. The strike, led by CIO longshoremen and allied unions, could last up to three months and tied up 550 ships over 1,800 miles, affecting half a million workers across related industries.
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San Francisco
U.P
George B. Harris
Seattle
CIO
Pacific Coast
CIO Marine Cooks
Independent Marine Firemen
VFW Calls for Barring Communists from Privileges
The 49th annual VFW encampment in St Louis urged federal legislation to strip Communists of privileges aiding their activities. Delegates called the Communist party an agent for a foreign police state endangering liberties and endorsed the Mundt Nixon bill to outlaw the group.
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St. Louis
U.P
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Communist Party
VFW
Notorious hoodlum Barsella slain in Chicago
James Barsella a leading Chicago gang figure of The Syndicate was found shot in a Parked car on the southwest side. He wore rope marks indicating he was bound before murder. Police fear the slaying may spark renewed gang warfare as associates Ochs and Labriola have ties to rackets and previous arrests.
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Chicago
U.P
James Barsella
Barsella
John C. Prendergast
Walter Storms
Mary Shermont
Airliner Missing Over Belgian Congo
Sabena Air Lines reports a Belgian DC-3 carrying 10 passengers and three crew has been missing in the Belgian Congo since 10:55 a.m. last Tuesday.
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Brussels
U.P
Sabena Air Lines
Belgian Congo
Attempt To Wreck Two Soo Line Trains Reported
C. V. Whitchurch, captain of Soo Line special police, told sheriffs deputies that two trains hit objects placed on tracks north of the state line. Damaged property included a flanger signs pipe, railroad tie, signals, lights, a padlock chain, and a stolen first aid box. a rubber tire on the track was found before any train arrived.
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Trevor
Sheriff’s Office
C. V. Whitchurch
Whitchurch
Kermit Schreck
Alfred Oetting
Illinois State Line
Soo Line
Sees Need for New Ideology for Peace
An advisory section of the World Council of Churches argues neither Communism nor capitalism can ensure justice and freedom. The report titled The Church and Disorder of Society was presented to a plenary session and will undergo only minor revisions.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
World Council of Churches
Argentina and Chile reject plan to internationalize Antarctic
A foreign ministry source in Buenos Aires says Argentina will turn down a United States proposal for Antarctic internationalization. In Santiago, a Chilean foreign office official says Chile plans a similar rejection.
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Buenos Aires
Foreign Ministry
Argentina
United States
Santiago
Chile
Illinios case claims marriage is master slave contract
Chicago transit worker Alavito Diliberto 37 sues in superior court seeking an injunction to forbid his estranged wife Helen Gabriel 32 from using her maiden name and to argue that the marriage vow to love honor and obey makes the wife a slave. He bas es his theory on the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and argues the clause remains in effect in Illinois. The couple have been separated since 1946.
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Chicago
Alavito Diliberto
Illinois
Diliberto
Helen
Helen Gabriel
Jay J. McCarthy
Mitchum Arrest Signals Hollywood Cleanup Warning
Film star Robert Mitchum and three others were arrested in a midnight cottage raid on narcotics charges. Investigators said the case targets the inner Hollywood circle and that Mitchum’s release came with bail set at 1000 dollars each. Mitchum denied wrongdoing as studios pledged to support him while a habeas hearing was scheduled.
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Robert Mitchum
Robin Ford
Hollywood
Lila Leeds
Mitchum
Alva Barr
Hollywood Heights
Vickie Evans
Mitchum Pictures
Giesler
Barr
Miss Leeds
RKO
Selznick
Republic
Dorothey
Bobby
Los Angeles City Hall
Charles Cooney
House Probing Electrical Union Fight Over Reds
CIO secretary-treasurer James B. Carey testified to a House labor subcommittee that anti Reds within the United Electrical Workers union have been fired and that some employers prefer working with Communists. Carey named two men he says lost jobs for opposing Reds, as the subcommittee investigates alleged Communist influence in the 600,000 member CIO union amid a looming hearing in New York or nearby.
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Washington
James B. Carey
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
Carey
U.K
House
USA
Bart Enright
Westinghouse
Jersey City
N. J
James Matles
Reds
Kersten
R-Wis
Congress
New Or
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Vincent McCall
Wallace
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Ochs
Labriola
Rally To Defense
Howard Hughes
Selznick Studios
Jerry Giesler
House Probing Electrical Union
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