Zhdanov Dies, Rush of Mourning Grips Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov, one of Russia’s top Communists and a key Cominform leader, died at 52 after a serious illness. Tens of thousands viewed his body in the Hall of Columns and up to a million may visit before his funeral at the Kremlin wall.
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Andrei A. Zhdanov
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Cominform
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Zhdanov Death Shocks Moscow Amid Cold War Tensions
Washington reports Soviet Col. Gen. Andrei A. Zhdanov, longtime Cominform architect linked to Tito's purge, has died at 52 causing Western officials to reassess Kremlin politics. Another Politburo member Andreyev has not appeared in public since November, raising curiosity about internal Kremlin shifts.
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Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Kremlin
Berlin
Politburo
A. A. Andreev
State Department
International UAW Reach Agreement
The International Harvester Company and the striking CIO United Auto Workers reached a new contract today covering about 21,000 workers at six midwestern plants. The union and company spokesmen announced the agreement after a strike begun August 17 following the old contract’s expiration. Wages were not involved, with the ante in dispute valued at 11 cents an hour on June.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
CIO
United Automobile Workers
German Court Frees Ex Nazi Financier
An appeals court in Stuttgart acquitted Hjalmar Schacht of major Nazi offender charges and ordered his release after eight years’ imprisonment. The court ruled his later opposition activity outweighed earlier support for Hitler, and Schacht was freed from the internment camp amid cheering spectators.
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Nuernberg
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
World Council of Churches Finds Churches Burdened by Officialdom
In Amsterdam on September 1 the World Council of Churches approved a report section stating churches are overburdened with officialdom. The council sent the section back to a subcommittee for further study while approving other sections of the report.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
World Council of Churches
Parole Bribe Backfires Unfolds in Ohio Bond Case
In Columbus three men and a woman, including the wife of London Prison Farm inmate Gaylord Rector, are jailed as part of a probe into $14 000 in bonds and $65 000 of stolen securities from Mayor Van Aitken's office. Weston Jones Toone and Mrs Rector face charges of receiving and concealing stolen goods after a hoax paroled prisoner’s tale triggered the investigation.
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London
William J. van Aitken
Shaker Heights
Tom West
Clarence Jones
Mary Toone
Ero Rector
Cleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
West
Rector
Gaylord Rector
Charles O. Newell
Jones
Toone
Mystery Name Zzyzz Sparks Oklahoma City Directory Buzz
Oklahoma City telephone directory shows Bill Zzyzz at the bottom with the Zynda brothers as neighbors. The company notes another Bill Morris shares the same address and phone number, but neither Morris nor Zzyzz can be reached by phone. The buzz centers on who Zzyzz really is and why the listing exists.
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Bill Zzyzz
Harry and
Phillip
Morris
Zzyzz
Mitchum Held in Hollywood Narcotics Raid
Hollywood police arrested film star Robert Mitchum along with Ro bin Ford Lila Leeds and Vickie Evans in a narcotics raid on a Hollywood home. Investigators said Mitchum and Ford smoked reefers during the bust as part of a six month probe aided by federal narcotics officers.
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Robert Mitchum
Mitchum
Robin Ford
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Ford
A. M. Barr
J. B. McKinnon
Los Angeles
Cig
Arettes
Barr
Miss
Miss Leeds
William Craig
Mitchim
Dorothy
Mystery Death Puzzles Police in Long Beach
Howell G. Thomas a 43 year old retired Youngstown Ohio manufacturer died in Long Beach after suspected hypodermic injections. Police noted puncture wounds on both arms and a visitor described as a man posing as a doctor along with a nurse named Agnes Gray. The hotel guest carried almost $10,000 and had $3,900 deposited in the hotel safe. Thomas once managed Steelduct Co in Youngstown and leaves a wife and two daughters.
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Governor's Island
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Calif
Howell G. Thomas
Youngstown
Thomas
Agnes Gray
Slaight
United States
Steelduct Co
Heat subsides across nation cools in early hours
Nationwide heat wave eases as cool air spreads from Pennsylvania to the Great Lakes region. Central Pennsylvania reports 34 temperatures above zero, with Flint Michigan and Zanesville Ohio at 44 and many areas in the 40s and 50s indicating a broad cooling trend.
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Flint
Mich
Zanesville
Ana
All but Soviet planes grounded in West China
Nanking reports all foreign airplanes except Soviet have been barred from the air over China's western border provinces. U S Minister Lewis Clark's plane was grounded at Lanchow, signaling a secret action linked to an old 1939 pact granting Moscow exclusive rights to western air routes. Flights by the embassy plane to Tihwa were also denied.
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Sinkiang
Clark
A. T. House, Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Maj
Kearie Berry
Austin
Tex
Lanchow
Tihwa
Mrs James Hood 26 Claimed by Death
Mrs Helen Maxine Hood 26 wife of James Hood died at 10 50 A M today at her home 56 South Culver Street after a long illness. She was a Haydenville native daughter of Mr and Mrs John Gustin of Carbon Hill resident of Logan for several years. Surviving parents husband include two sons Terry Lee and James Richard one brother Paul Gastin stationed with the Navy in Charleston S C and two sisters Mrs Roger Campbell Haydenville and Miss Frieda Gastin Carbon Hill.
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James Hood
South Culver Street
Haydenville
John Gustin
Carbon Hill
Logan
Terry Lee
James Richard
Paul Gastin
U.S. Navy
Charleston
S. C
Roger Campbell
Frieda Gastin
Markets At A Glance Wheat Corn Oats Hogs Cattle
Wheat steady as mills and commission houses buy. Corn for September firm with new crop months lower. Oats firm as commercial interests take September deliveries. Hogs unevenly 50 cents to $1.00 lower with top $29.25. Cattle unevenly strong to 50 cents lower with top $41.40.
Ohio State Fair Attendance Expected to Break Record
Ohio State Fair officials sought a new attendance mark as the fifth day drew peak crowds. On Wednesday 65 166 attended, topping last year by over 14 000, with Director of Agriculture Day and Farm industry events scheduled. Ruth Anne Hixon and her court visited, while the Percheron show crowned La Don as grand champion senior stallion.
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Earl Hanefeld
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Loudonville
Trolley Tracks Stirring Pittsburgh Streets End in Tunnel
An out-of-town woman driving toward Steubenville and East Liverpool, entering the Mt. Washington street car tunnel, ran over track ties amid clanging street cars. Tunnel staff halted her at the south exit and she likened it to rough local street driving.
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Steubenville
East Liverpool
Mt. Washington
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Daniels Waives Jury in Mansfield Triple Murder Case
Robert Mur Daniels, 24, an ex convict, waived a jury trial for the Mansfield triple murder case. He will be tried by a three judge court, with the trial postponed to September 13. He is accused of killing John Niebel 50 superintendent of the Mansfield Reformatory farm Mrs Niebel and their daughter Phyllis 21. Attorney Lydon H Beam did not explain the request for a three judge panel but court officials said it may seek greater leniency.
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John Niebel
Mansfield Reformatory Farm
Mr. Hughes
Columbus
Logan
Joseph Adcock
Caribbean Breeds New Tropical Storm
A new tropical storm forms in the Caribbean and is being watched as the Atlantic hurricane moves offshore near Nova Scotia. The Gulf disturbance is no longer a threat. The system was found about 1 950 miles from Miami as September, the hurricane month, begins, with winds reported at 50 to 60 mph on a ship but 45 mph near Martinique and St. Lucia.
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Fla
Caribbean
Nova Scotia
Gulf of Mexico
Martinique
St. Lucia
Historian Charles Beard Dies at 73 in New Haven
Noted historian Charles A. Beard died at Grace New Haven Community Hospital today aged 73 in New Haven. He was a prominent scholarly figure with a long career shaping American intellectual history.
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New Haven
Charles A. Beard
Grace- New Haven Community Hospital
Mystery blast kills three soldiers at Fort Jackson
Baffled Army officers could not determine the cause of the explosion that killed three recruits and injured 23 at Fort Jackson South Carolina. Capt. Anderson P Neely said the accident remains a big mystery as four platoons marched in column to witness a machine gun demonstration when the lead unit was struck.
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S. C
Anderson P. Neely
Mayor holds on strike as dairy clash ends in several injuries
In Logan, three men were wounded during a two day union strike at Logan Home Dairy. Officials halted deliveries as conflict erupted near East Main Street with irons and milk bottles used as weapons. Mayor Roger Friend defers action until a meeting of union and company officials can mediate.
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East Main Street
City Hall
Allen Grocery
Young 14 year old flies solo before driving
Barbara Jean Gibson, 14, earned a solo flight at Hamilton Ontario and completed three solo hops before qualifying for a license at 17. Her uncle Russell Gibson, president of Cub Aircraft, Ltd., mentored her with an instructor helping after her Canadian vacation return.
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Barbara Jean Gibson
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Barbara
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Ont
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Cub Aircraft, Ltd
Cub
Canada
George W. Gibson
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