Reds Release 3 Military Government Men In Berlin
Three U S military government officials were detained by Soviet troops in Berlin as tensions rose after border violations between American and Russian zones. Arrests included deputies and police leaders, with claims of abduction and authority, while Western police reported ongoing seizures and counterclaims amid the Potsdamer Platz clash.
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Het
Berlin
Wall
Crong Dledeve Cies
Germains
Berla
Horcdin
Amucicans
Ween Thomas
Heyden
Wend
Armorigan Military
Government Information Services
Berun
Claar
Shermin Ternec
Council Bluttd
Iown
Rokined Myers
Brooklyn
Aelvers
Mellrichstadt
Frankfad
Turner
Myers
Germany
Tlenclan
Dunk
Paul Hoppe
Germian
Berl
Kreuzberg
UO. S
Officnls
Hoppe
Saturdiev
Germain
Bern
Storcns
Noman's Land
Potsdamer Platz
Henden
Wnstormation
Surve Lees
Potsdamer Plats
U. S. Ciiation
Olympic Stadium
Erdmann
Aplit
Paul Markgraf
ThomasHeaden
U. S
Roach resigns as head of Wisconsin beverage tax division
Madison Wis- state treasurer John Sonderegger announced the resignation of John W Roach director of the beverage and cigarette tax division after 14 years and his appointment of David F H Prichard 60 as acting director. Roach who has served since 1933 and led the division since 1935 will leave to join Calvert Distillers Corp and will remain based in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
John W. Roach
John Sondereyser
Sonderegger
David FH. Prichard
Roach
Howeh
Oncx
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York
Pri¢ghard J
Manchester
Cireen Lake County
Randolph
John Roach
Butte Ep
Federal Treasury Department
Department
Scveftfeg
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Brief thundershowers likely tonight. Continued warm. Low tonight 74 high Tuesday 22.
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la Crosse
Britain tops postwar aid list with 6.67 billion in grants and loans
Geneva UN figures show Britain received the most postwar grants and credits from global sources between May 1945 and June 1948, totaling about 6.67 billion dollars. Britain also extended aid to war-devastated nations amounting to roughly 2.45 billion dollars. France was second with 3.96 billion.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Britain
United Nations
France
United States
Canada
Argentina
Sweden
Soviet Union
Poland
Probe Inside Of Spy Rings Hearings On Fourth Red Network
Washington congressional spy investigators say Elizabeth Bentley will testify on a Soviet spy ring seeking wartime industrial secrets. Secret sessions described Bentley’s past as a Communist courier for rings that siphoned government secrets to Moscow. Public hearings planned for September 1952 will cover espionage operations and a fourth network, with Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss linking to underground efforts.
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Red
Washington
Congressional
Todiy
Elizabeth T. Bentley
America
House
United States
Finsam
Miss Bentley
Courier
Moscow
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Be & Red
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Chambers
Weelneselns
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
War Department
Seek Draft Workers Here Next Monday
Volunteers are sought to assist in registering men for the peacetime draft starting next Monday. Mrs. Dolores Schultz, draft bond clerk for La Crosse county, will be at the Vocational school all week from 2 to 5 PM to coordinate efforts. Women with prior registration experience are especially urged to help. Call 743 at the Vocational school for details. Registration runs from Aug 30 to Sept 16 at the Vocational school gymnasium.
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Dolores Schultz
la Crosse County
Schultz
Heat Wave Pushes La Crosse To 100 Degrees
August heat grips the La Crosse region as temperatures reach 100 at 2 pm amid a string of sultry days. Forecasters say a cooler night near 74 and a next day around 82 are likely, with brief thundershowers not enough to relieve the drought. Across the nation, cities report high readings, including Lincoln 103 and Chicago 64, while August rainfall remains scarce.
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la Crosse
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Mos
Associated Press
Lincoln
Nebr
Salina
Kans
Chicago
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Fire damages Belmont Cafe in early morning blaze
Fire believed started from smoldering grease on the kitchen grill caused extensive damage to the Belmont Cafe on Fourth Street. First alarm at 5 33 a m, extended operations to a 3 11 alarm. smoke and fire were mostly contained after a rapid attack. A soldier nearby alerted neighbors when the Ritz club sound the alarm. The blaze damaged a kitchen partition and threatened a rear stairway to the second floor.
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He Belmont Cafe
Norte Fourth Street
Fourth ‘Street
Ritz Club
George C. Hanson
Set Trial Date For American Reds
Federal Judge Harald R. Medina fixed October 15 as the trial date for 12 top American Communists charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government by force. The court rejected defense attorney Abraham Unger’s claim that the case is a political football and should be treated differently.
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New York
Harald R. Medina
Abraham Unger
Investigators Return After Silent Flight to Unknown Destination
Investigators in the John Doe hearing into charges of police complicity in a policy racket returned to Milwaukee after a flying trip to an undisclosed destination. They declined to identify the location and said they boarded a plane Friday night heading eastward.
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Aailwauree
John Doe
Milwaukee
Trapped Men Reported in Helena Gold Mine Cavern
Helena police reported an undetermined number of men trapped in a cave in Marrsville, about 26 miles northwest of Helena. Rescue efforts were underway with details pending.
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Helena
Mont
Marrsville
Here
Corrective Surgery Advise For Chicago Baby
Six Chicago medical experts urged a planned sequence of operations for Pamela Lamphere, a 22 month old born with her bladder outside her body. They say a nine to one chance of survival exists and recommend starting within two months. The court had appointed the doctors after Pamela’s parents clashed over consent. The mother, Irene Lamphere, had initially refused but now agrees. The team will summarize findings for Judge Walter O Malley and arrange the gradual procedure with Cook County Hospital officials and University of Illinois urology professor Dr Joseph H Kiefer among examiners.
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Pamela Lamphere
Fred
Trene
Karl Meyer
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Pamela Frances Lamphere
Parcate
Walter R. O'Malley
O’malley
Fred Lamphere
Irene
Loimphere
cru_ eélly
Pamela
O'Malley
Joseph H. Kiefer
University of Winois
World Council of Churches Opens Sessions
The World Council of Churches began its first formal business session in Amsterdam with about 450 official delegates from 40 countries. Absences included Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox, Southern Baptist, and Missouri Synod Lutherans, explained by general secretary Dr W Visser Hook. Observers affiliated with the Russian church outside the Soviet Union attended unofficially.
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Pat Hichard Tompkins Meterdam
de Nether
World Council of Churches
Vestrl
United States
Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church
Visser " Hook
World Council
Moscow
Ty Hooft
Soviet Union
Archbishop of Canterbury
Amsterdam
Concertgebouw
Babe Ruth Leaves 10 Percent For “Kids Of America”
Babe Ruth’s will provides for his widow and two adopted daughters and sets aside 10 percent of the residue for the Kids of America through the Babe Ruth Foundation. The will dated August 9, a week before his death, was filed for probate in surrogate’s court. Ruth’s attorney declined to estimate the estate’s total value as he prepares for probate.
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New York
Babe Ruth
America
King's Widows and Daughters
Ruth
Melvyn G. Lowenstein
Memorial Hospital
Clara Mae Ruth
Julia Ruth Flanders
North Conway
N. H
Dorothy Ruth Sullivan
New York City
Arrival of 2000 War Dead at Brooklyn Base
The remains of 2000 American war dead arrived aboard the Carroll Victory from Antwerp. The 50,000th soldier to be returned from the European theater was among those aboard. Memorial services were planned today at the army base in Brooklyn.
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DEW York — Vey
Antwerp
Brooklyn
Greek Army Says Rebels Are Beaten
In a northern push from the Grammos mountains Greek forces halted guerrilla advances toward Vitsi near Lake Kastoria after rebels entered from Albania west of Kastoria. Government troops halted the march and redirected rebels southeast, with about 1,000 reported in Vitsi last week and 1,500 said to be moving from Albania after Grammos retreat.
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Athens
Grammos
Guerr
Nla
Greece
Albania
Kastoria
Vitsi
Presko
Nesotirian
Yugoslavia
West Coast Longshoremen Call 24 Hour Waterfront Stoppage
CIO longshoremen launch a 24 hour waterfront stoppage and plan a coastwide strike for Sept 2. Delegates from Pacific coast ports vote for a weekly day off at San Francisco Los Angeles Long Beach Portland and Seattle. Emergency gangs will service two large passenger ships during the layoff.
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San Francisco
CIO
International
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Portland
Seattle
James Kearney
Longshore Union
Agree On Main Functions Of Airmen Navy
Washington reports military chiefs agreed that army navy and air force should aid each other to boost effectiveness and economy of operations. Secretary Forrestal announced Newport discussions clarified and extended the Key West agreement while noting continued primary functions under a unified defense structure.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
Newport
Forrestal
Key West
Fortesta
Fla
Department of Defense
Berlin
Forrest
Avy
Hold 4 Power Kremlin Talk
Western envoys from the United States Britain and France met at the Kremlin for a four power conference amid hopes to lift the Berlin blockade and forge a basis for Germany talks. Ambassadors Walter Bedell Smith Yves Chataigneau and Frank Hoberts attended after morning talks at the French embassy.
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Moscow
Kremlin
U. S
Britain
France
Stalin
Paris
London
Berlin
Germany
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Hoberts
Embanesy
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Belmont Cafe
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