Malenkov Tightens Grip in Kremlin Power Struggle
Washington reports Russian experts say Premier Malenkov is tightening control in the Kremlin. They note shifts as Khrushchev rises, Beria is ousted, Molotov remains influential, and Lavrenti Beria is purged while Stalin’s son Vasiliy fades from view. Malenkov presses leadership with Beria’s fall and broader official praise.
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Washington
Eorgi M. Malenkov
Kremlin
Malenkov
Stalin
Nikita S.rushchev
Lavrenti P. Beria
V. MM. Molotov
Vasiliy Stalin
Svetlana Molotov
Beria
Supreme Soviet
Body ruled out as Chicago man in Lake Michigan
Hammond Indiana reports a body found in Lake Michigan is not Illinois State Rep Clem Graver who vanished June 11. Police say the remains are younger than the 53 year old from Chicago’s West Side and have been in water eight to nine months, while Graver disappeared about two and a half months ago. The abduction prompted one of Chicago’s most intensive searches with no clues yet.
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Hammond
Ind
Lake Michigan
Illinois
Clem Graver
Chicago
Graver
West Side
B 36 Receives Carrier Role For Jet Fighter Delivery
The Air Force fitted the B 36 bomber to carry an F84 jet inside its belly and launch it in flight to strike targets at 600 miles per hour before recovering the fighter. Photos show the F84 nestled in the bomb bay under power up, with the bomber’s engines boosted to handle heavier takeoff weights.
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force
Washington
Defense Department
New
Chest Board Meeting Cancelled in Lawton Fort Sill Chest
The Lawton Fort Sill Community Chest announces the regular board meeting for August 27 is cancelled. The next gathering will be the regular session in September.
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Lawton- Fort Sill
Rosen Tops AL in Batting Average Home Runs and RBIs
Cleveland Indians third baseman Rosen moved into a triple lead in the American League by blasting a three run homer and two singles. He now leads with 33 homers, a .326 batting average, and 116 runs batted in.
Back Of French Strike Breaks After Three Weeks
Paris reports the three week protest against Premier Joseph Laniel’s economy measures largely ended as Communist and non Communist unions ordered rail and communication workers back to work. Train service and city transit resumed in Marseilles, Strasbourg, La Havre, Clermont-Ferrand, and Paris on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
Marseilles
Strasbourg
la Havre
Clermont - Ferrand
Army Orders Transfer and Retirement Notices
The Department of the Army in Washington issues a list of officer assignments, transfers, and retirements. Brig Gen Arthur L. Marshall moves from OTQMG Washington to 9151st TSA Jeffersonville QM Depot as CG. Several lieutenants, captains, majors, and colonels relocate to posts including Ft Sill, Ft Bliss, Ft Knox, Ft Monmouth, Ft Eustis, Ft Gordon, Ft Bragg, Fort Sam Houston, and others, with some officers retiring from active service. The document also notes reassignment to the Far East and the Office of the Army Chief of Staff, and a change of duty for multiple Arty officers including assignments in Illinois and California.
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Department of the Army
Arthur L. Marshall
Wash
Jeffersonville
Jack D. Boman
Monmouth
Sill
Raymond L. Bouas
Ft Bliss
GM Br
Sch
Theodore J. Amsel
Arty
Morris F. Battle
Robert S. Grossman
Sam Houston
John B. Harper Jr
Richard Irvin Jr
Monroe
Lewis
Mitchell T. Wadkins
Ft Sill
James E. Cody
Inf
Ft Benning
George W. Power
Wash DC
OAC
SG3
William T. Murphy
Presidio of
Monterey
Far East
William L. Schreiber
Norman
Georgia Tech halfback poised to break scoring mark this season
Leon Hardeman of Georgia Tech, already at 102 points across his first two seasons, aims to surpass the school scoring record each time he crosses the opponent’s goal line this year.
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Georgia Tech
Leon Hardeman
Hardeman
Yellow Jackets
Falcon Dam marks first international water project
The Falcon dam on the U S Mexican border, to be dedicated October 19 by Presidents Eisenhower and Ruiz Cortines, represents the first major effort to store and divide Rio Grande waters. The five mile long structure near Laredo will supply 40 mile upstream reservoir capacity of 4 085 000 acre feet with 58 percent allotted to U S users and 42 percent to Mexico.
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Washington
Falcon Dam
Eisenhower
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
U.S
Rio Grande
Texas
Mexico
Laredo
Tex
United States
State Department
Falcon
Gulf of Mexico
Derby Winning Apprentice Hiro? No
Ira Babe Hanford was the sole apprentice jockey to win the Kentucky Derby riding Bold Venture to victory in the 1936 classic.
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Ira
Babe) Hanford
Bold Venture
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