Western Powers Draft Note to Russia on Berlin Blockade
London reports a new Western Powers note protesting Russia's Berlin blockade has been drafted and sent to Washington for review by top State Department officials. It may broaden talks to include other German topics.
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London
Russia
Berlin
Washington
State Department
William Strang
Foreign Office
U S
Lewis W. Douglas
Rene Massigli
Mrs Arch Ralston Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. May Ralston 68 wife of Arch Ralston died at 5 30 A M today at home in Green Township after a two day illness. She was a lifelong resident of Green Township. Survivors include husband son Herbert of Norwalk Dr Joe Wolfe of Iowa City Ed and Walter Wolfe of Nelsonville and sister Mrs Emerson Poston of near Logan. Funeral arrangements by Woodard Funeral Service and will be announced later.
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May Ralston
Arch Ralston
Green Township
Ralston
Herbert
Norwalk
Ers
Joe Wolfe
Iowa City
Iown
Walter Wolfe
Nelsonville
Emerson Poston
Logan
Clarence
Woodard
Downpour of Rain Hits Logan and Hocking County
A steady downpour fell across Logan and Hocking counties under overcast skies. Temperature rose to 75 degrees by noon after a morning low of 67, bringing cooler relief to residents.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Highway Garage
Mercury
Roundup of Top U S Communists Arrested on Treason Charges
Bail of 5000 each posted for six top Communist leaders headed by William Foster after federal grand jury indictments for conspiring to overthrow the U S government. Eugene Dennis John Williamson Jacob Stachel Benjamin Davis Henry Winston among those freed on bail. Carl Winters seized in Detroit.
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New York
U.S
Communist Party
William Z. Foster
U.S. Treasury
Robert W. Dunn
Civil Rights Congress
Vincent L. Liebell
Foster
Eugene Dennis
John Williamson
National Labor
Jacob Stachel
Department of
New York City
Benjamin J. Davis
United States
Communist National
Lower Manhattan
Davis
Harlem
Grand
Winston
Irving Potash
CIO Farriers Joint Council
John Gates
The
Daily Worker
Robert G
New York State
Gilbert Green
Chicago
Ill
Gus Hall
Cleveland
Ohio
Bumper Wheat Crop Growing in Ohio
Ohio reports show a record wheat harvest with Three elevators in Upper Sandusky handling 65 000 bushels in one day. Elevators unloaded over 400 vehicles while farms brought in wheat as weather and yields spark optimism. Union County's Harry P. Clouse notes crop quality and average yields above normal, with test weights around 58 to 63 pounds per bushel and yields up to 43 to 45 bushels per acre.
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Upper
Sandusky
U.S. Commission Co
Marysville
Union County
Harry P. Clouse
The
Ohio Grain Co
Milford Center
North
Lewisburg
Mechanicsburg
Shaw Says Soap On Face Is Unnecessary
Ayot Saint Lawrence reports on George Bernard Shaw on his 92nd birthday criticizing facial soap. He favors cold water and palm shampoo, arguing soap hurts the eyes nose and mouth and makes children dislike washing. He notes women use face creams instead.
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Ayot ST. Lawrence
Eng
George Bernard Shaw
Optical News
Shaw
Wallace Wins Place On Illinois Ballot
The Progressive Party of Illinois led by Henry A. Wallace reports it has secured a place on the November ballot. Party officials say 100000 signatures have been gathered on petitions to list a third party slate including candidates for governor U S senator and other state offices.
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Chicago
Progressive Party of Illinois
Henry A. Wallace
Illinois
U. S
Truman to address Congress in person on anti inflation plan
President Truman will personally address a joint session of Congress next Tuesday at 11 A M to urge anti inflation legislation. He plans to seek removal of discrimination in the displaced persons bill and push federal education grants of 300 million dollars yearly plus a higher minimum wage to at least 75 cents an hour.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Ross
Deadly Coalton Shooting Shatters Family Tragedy
In Coalton Ohio a 32 year old miner Carl McCray shot and killed his sister in law Amy Rhodes then wounded his wife Addie McCray and later killed himself. Sheriff Stanley Lewis said the incident followed a divorce suit. Amy Rhodes was slain at her sister's home and Addie McCray was critically wounded.
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Jackson, O
Carl McCray
Gallipolis
Coalton
Stanley Lewis
Jackson County
McCray
Amy Rhodes
Addie
Ford Faces Second Stop-Strike Wage Talks
DETROIT July 21 Negotiators prepare for the second stop-strike wage talks as the threat of a walkout hovers over Ford Motor Co. workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Wallace Party Eyes Platform
Wallace third party hearings open on a peace with Russia platform. Rexford Tugwell says capitalist U S and communist Russia can and must live together. New Party plans a convention with about 60 organizations to shape and adopt the draft platform.
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Philadelphia
CIO
AFL
Henry Wallace
Russia
Rexford Ray Tugwell
America
Soviet Union
U.S
United Nations
Tugwell
18 Year Olds Line Up To Enlist In Army
In New York on July 21, three hundred 18 year olds formed a line before the Army building at 2 AM to enlist in the Army and Air Force. Col George H Hopkins processed enlistments early as the line grew. Under the draft law 18 year olds may enlist for one year instead of awaiting a 21 month draft.
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New York
Army
Air Force
George H. Hopkins
Delay in Ohio sales tax cut amid drafting snarl
Gov Thomas J Herbert said the Ohio special session will convene as scheduled but there may be a delay in considering a proposal to cut the state sales tax. He cited a snarl in drafting a bill to remove the first one percent bracket while other measures to raise old age pensions aid to the blind and welfare funding proceed. The Wallace third party ballot issue looms, with no commitment to extend the session if needed. A decision from the Ohio supreme court on the Wallace cases could affect timing.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Welfare Department
Henry A. Wallace
Ohio Supreme Court
Wallace
Supreme Court
Tito Defies Cominform Charge in Belgrade Rally
Premier Tito told about 2000 Yugoslav Communists that the party is the strongest Marxist Leninist movement in the nation’s history. He rejected Soviet and Cominform charges of deviation and anti Russian policy. He spoke at the party congress in Belgrade suburb in a lengthy eight hour address.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Tito
Detroit Rookie Policeman Fights to Escape Fate of Father
23 year old Casimer Kaliszewski, a Detroit patrolman and son of a fallen officer, survived multiple bullet wounds after an early morning ambush. He helped police identify two suspects and recalled his father’s death, while his wife and mother-in-law kept vigil at the hospital as authorities tightened the search.
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Detroit
Casimer Kaliszewski
Kaliszewski
Helen Kaliszewski
Casimer
Frank Tos
Welt
Ing
Dolores Kaliszewski
France Moves Right as Marie Forms New Government
Paris reports Andre Marie a Radical Socialist has been asked to form France's new government after Schuman's cabinet fell. Marie, 51, ex minister of justice, balances rightward shift while seeking parliamentary support amid defection from the coalition and debate over Western Germany policy.
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Paris
Andre Marie
Marie
Robert Schuman
Vincent Auriol
Ministry of Justice
Popular ‘Republican Movement
Schuman
Georges Bidault
Bidault
Germany
Frederick Bailey Dies at Somerset
Frederick T. Bailey, 71, lifelong New Straitsville resident, died Tuesday morning at Arnold rest home in Somerset after eight months of illness. He never married. Survived by sister Mrs. Elizabeth Strong of Parkersburg, West Virginia. Funeral 2 PM Thursday at Mills and Brown Funeral Home New Straitsville with Rev. Owen Plumley officiating. burial in New Straitsville Cemetery.
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Frederick T. Bailey
New Straitsville
Arnold Rest Home
Somerset
Bailey
Elizabeth Strong
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mills and Brown Funeral Home
Owen Plum
Herbert Names Goble Ohio Draft Director
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert appoints Adj. Gen. Chester W. Goble as director of selective service in Ohio. General Goble, already bonus director, will have no extra compensation and previously headed the office during World War I.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Adj
Chester W. Goble
Ohio
General Goble
United States Seeks Berlin Crisis Solution Without War
Secretary of State Marshall said the U S will pursue an acceptable solution to the Berlin crisis and avoid world war. Washington officials emphasize negotiation while not yielding to coercion, with Gen Lucius D Clay and Ambassador Murphy due for talks on air supply and military posture.
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Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Berlin
Congress
Clay
Washington
Marshall
United States
Soviet Russia
Robert Murphy
Curtis E. LeMay
U.S. Air Force
Europe
West
Russia
Prison Farm Head and Family Reported Missing
John E. Niebel 50 a long time Mansfield Reformatory farm superintendent, his wife, and their 22 year old daughter Phyllis were missing. Officials said the family was forcibly taken from their ransacked Niebel home on the prison grounds, with the car left in the garage.
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Mansfield, CO
Mansfield Reformatory
John E. Niebel
Phyllis
Frank E. Robinson
Niebel
Miner Missing After Oklahoma Lone Star Mine Blast
Rescue workers search for a miner missing after an explosion at Lone Star Coal Mine in McCurtain Oklahoma. The blast yesterday left one other worker injured and unidentified.
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Miner
Oklahoma
Mccurtain
Okla
Lone Star
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