Western Union five power group seeks cautious Russia policy
The five Western European Union powers Britain France Holland Belgium Luxembourg agreed on a go slow policy toward Russia in Berlin. They viewed the Berlin crisis as grave and sought a united front to avoid force or a hard ultimatum. France planned a Western Europe defense proposal for later review.
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Hague
Holland
European Union
Russia
Germany
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Berlin
United States
Europe
Murder Charge in Ohio Frontier Roadside Killing
Oliver White, 42, of Millersport, Ohio, was charged with murder in the choking death of his uncle Tommy John Cornell, 58, of Huntington, West Virginia, who died late Sunday along a roadside near Proctorville, Ohio.
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Ironpon
Oliver White
Millerspost
Tommy John Cornell
Huntington
W. Va
Proctorville
Nation Says Farewell To General Pershing At Solemn Ceremony
Washington mourns General of the Armies John J. Pershing with a four mile cortege to Arlington as 300000+ citizens and 3500 uniformed troops pay tribute in rain and sun. President Truman attends while Eisenhower Bradley Devers and other generals march in the funeral procession. A 19 gun salute and taps mark the graveside rites.
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General Pershing
Washington
Arlington
John J. Pershing
France
National Cemetery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Omar Bradley
Jacob L. Devers
United States
Truman
Arlington National Cemetery
Sears Plans Big Plant in Columbus
Sears Roebuck & Co announced plans to build a large mail order plant and a new department store in Columbus on the Dublin Road site beside Twin Rivers golf course. The operation will employ 3,000 or more people, serve Logan and Hocking counties, and act as Ohio distribution hub with construction to begin next year.
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Columbus
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Lew Riggs
Logan Sears Roebuck
Logan
Hocking County
Ohio
Dublin Road
Twin Rivers
Mathematical Gamblers Plan World Tour With Winnings
Albert Hibbs and Roy Walford, who beat roulette wheels in Reno and Las Vegas, will use their winnings to finance a five year world research voyage. They plan to buy a seaworthy schooner in New York to study tropical medicine biology zoology and botany. Hibbs is 23 from Chillicothe Ohio with physics and mathematics degrees, Walford 24 from San Diego with biology medicine degrees. They may test the system again but will not seek out gambling opportunities abroad. Monte Carlo may feature near the trip’s end.
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New York
Reno
Las Vegas
Albert R. Hibbs
Roy L. Walford
Hibbs
Chillicothe
Ohio
Institute of
University of Chicago
Walford
San Diego
Calif
Monte Carlo
Truman Outlines Congress Job and Peace Aims
President Truman plans to urge Senate ratification of the international wheat agreement and approval of a 65 million dollar UN headquarters loan in New York City. He may deliver messages in person or send them to Capitol Hill as he drafts an anti inflation bill and weighs price controls. A Republican oil lands bill faces a push after the extra session debates.
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White House
Truman
Senate
Congress
United Nations
New York City
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Capitol Hill
House
Republican Policy Committee
Markets at a Glance Rallying Stocks and Mixed Bonds
Stocks rise broadly amid a market rally while bonds show mixed results. Wheat holds steady with mill buying, corn declines on solid crop prospects, oats fall with heavy shipments. Hogs steady to 25 cents lower, top 29.50 dollars. cattle steady to 50 cents lower, top 39.75 dollars.
Meigs County Officials Face Embezzlement Conspiracy Charges
Pike County Common Pleas Judge Earl D. Parker is assigned to hear embezzlement and conspiracy charges against eight Meigs County officials and residents. Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt appointed Parker after Judge Edgar Ervin disqualified himself from the case.
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Pike County Common Pleas
Earl D. Parker
Meigs County
Carl V. Weygandt
State Supreme Court
Parker
Edgar Ervin
Truman Proclaims Draft Registration Starts August 30
President Truman issues a proclamation setting August 30 as the start date for draft registration for ages 18 to 26. The plan lists specific birth dates for 1922 to 1930 cohorts and notes that inductions will begin later, with 19 as the legal start for draft eligibility. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey heads the new draft setup and discusses starting with older registrants. Enlistments for one year may precede longer reserve service beginning tomorrow.
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Truman
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
District of Columbia
Armed Services
Mr. Truman
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Congress
Hershey
Price Hike Forecast for Daily Newspapers
Pittsburgh July 20 The 20th meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers Association discussed a predicted rise in daily newspaper prices from five cents to ten cents in the not too distant future. T. F. Mowle of the Wall Street Journal urged readers be prepared for higher costs as most papers now charge five cents.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
T. F. Mowle
The
Wall Street Journal
French Communist Bid Shakes Up Cabinet News
In Paris on July 20 Communists proposed Maurice Thorez as the new premier to lead a socialist communist coalition after the fall of Robert Schuman's government over the army budget. Thorez cites the Communist Party's 186 of 618 deputies as leverage.
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Maurice Thorez
Thorez
Vincent Auriol
France
Robert Schuman
Auriol
Communist Party
National Assembly
Andre Colin
Popular Republic
MRP
Schuman
Gen. de Gaulle
French People’s Party
Newark Rent Control Moves After Landlord Hike
Newark rent control officials say action is underway after a landlord raised rents. The brief notes local measures may follow to address the increase and protect tenants.
Tito moves toward West with Yugoslavia US pact
Yugoslav Marshal Tito signs an amicable settlement with the United States signaling a shift away from Moscow. Belgrade agrees to pay 17 million dollars within six weeks for American property seized by the regime and will cover the cost of two US Army transport planes shot down in 1946.
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Washington
United States
Tito
West
Moscow
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States Army
Togliatti Confers With Party Aides in New Drive
Rome July 20 reports Palmiro Togliatti gravely wounded but well enough to confer with Communist Party lieutenants in a renewed drive against Catholic Premier Alcide De Gasperi as published by L Unita.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Communist Party
Alcide de Gasperi
L’unita Reporte
Government Opens Inquiry On Marvelous Master Cell
IDDLEBORO Mass July 20 Farmer John Browns so called master cell is under U S government investigation described as routine by Cyril Sullivan chief of the Boston office of the U S Pure Food and Drug Administration He says there is no scientific basis or proven results yet and reports will be sent to Washington for release Sullivan notes he to limit use to farmers to boost crops and says he has returned checks from people who sought cures for human diseases.
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Iddleboro
Mass
John Brown
U.S
Cyril Sullivan
Boston
U.S. Pure Food and Drug Administration
Brown
Sullivan
Washington
Farmer Brown
Gen Clay Called Home for Talks on Berlin Crisis
Gen Lucius D Clay U S commander in Germany was summoned to Washington to report on the Berlin crisis. He will fly from Frankfurt with Ambassador Robert D Murphy to brief the Department of the Army. The talks could influence the next U S move against the Soviet land blockade and possible armed convoy actions.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Washington
Berlin
Clay
Robert D. Murphy
Department of the Army
Embezzlement Charge Against Newark Bank Official
Clarence Walter Idle former assistant cashier of the Union Licking Bank in Newark Ohio was charged in federal court with a false entry in the bank books. The FBI said the false entry involved 3000 dollars but Idle admitted taking forty five thousand dollars from the bank over the past fifteen years.
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Columbus
Clarence Walter Idle
Union Licking Bank
Newark
U. S. Commissioner’s Court
FBI
Idle
Truman War Distance Question Pushed by Congressman
Chairman Eaton of the House foreign affairs committee urges President Truman to tell Congress next Monday how close the United States is to war with Russia. The statement highlights rising tensions and calls for clarity on national security.
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Washington
Eaton
Barkley Receives Large Homecoming Welcome in Paducah
Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Alben W. Barkley returned to Paducah Kentucky amid a tumultuous reception with an estimated 10 000 people lining the route to town He rode into the city for ten miles in a convertible while waving his hat to the cheering crowd.
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Paducah
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Hotel owner IDENTIFIES man in Ambrose case probe
A hotel owner in New Lexington identified a stranger who tried to rent a room as John Coulter West. The state patrol cordoned southeastern Ohio, with Logan, Hocking, and Perry counties aiding a dragnet for West and Robert M. Daniels in the Earl C. Ambrose robbery slaying. Union Missouri reports denied. authorities stressed the two suspects are not in custody.
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Earl C. Ambrose
Columbus
New Straitsville
Ohio
John Coulter West
Robert M. Daniels
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Union
New Lexington
Perry County
West
Logan
Hocking County
Newington
Hocking
Athens
Fairfield
Ambrose
Glenn C. Hoffman
Missouri
State Highway Patrol
Early Morning Downpour Totals Nearly an Inch
An early today downpour dumped about .91 inch in a 30 minute span from 3 15 A M to 5 45 A M per state highway garage observers. Logan and Hocking County saw cooler weather with a low of 68 rising to 83 by noon per official metal at the state garage.
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State Highway Garage
Logan
Hocking County
State Garage
Husband Slays Wife Then Kills Himself in Milford
Sheriff Marvin reported that 56 year old Alex Becker killed his wife by slashing her throat and then shot himself with a shotgun. Mrs Ri had lived at a tourist home in Milford for five weeks while her husband forced a return to their home.
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Alex Becker
Marvin
Bizzantz
Foki
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