Stassen Accuses Brannan of Pushing Food Prices Up
Harold E. Stassen charged Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan with a deliberate attempt to halt the decline in food prices. He alleged the Agriculture Department issued statements to raise prices with Brannan's approval, following a meeting with Gov. Dewey ahead of a GOP campaign speech in Detroit.
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Albany
N. Y
Harold E. Stassen
Charles F. Brannan
Dewey
Stassen
Detroit
Truman
Brannan
Schuman May Bar Socialist Ministers
Paris reports Premier Robert Schuman said he plans to form a new French cabinet without the Socialists if needed. Socialists had refused posts in Schuman’s coalition and previously backed Radical Socialist Andre Marie, who resigned last Saturday. Marie’s successor was confirmed Tuesday night as Schuman.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Andre Marie
Marie
Russian War Time Seizure of U S Bombers Revealed by Air Force
The Air Force says at least 10 U S bombers were seized by the Russians during World War II, including a B 29 shot down during a mission to drop food to prisoners in Korea. The planes were interned after landing in Soviet territory while Russia was neutral.
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U. S
Air Force
Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
Japan
Korea
Russia
Moscow
Tokyo
Aviation
Prebeaugonski
Carey links anti reds losing jobs in CIO union
James B. Carey testified before a House labor subcommittee that several anti communist workers in the CIO United Electrical Workers Union were fired. He named Bart Enright of Westinghouse Jersey City and Sam Basmajian of RCA Victor Camden as examples while noting the subcommittee seeks to review union contracts amid defense industry concerns.
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Washington
James B. Carey
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
Carey
U.E
House
Sam Basmajian
Rca-Victor
Camden
N. J
Reds
Kersten
R-Wis
Flood Dams Manila Food Supply as Waters Recede
Manila faced 48 hours of heavy rains after a typhoon as flood waters receded leaving over 1.5 million people worried about food. Mayor reports hoarding begins as supply routes remain cut by flooded roads and highway damage reaches about 750000 dollars.
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Manila
Manuel de Late
Elpidio Quirino
Mine seeks halt to picketing at Lathrop mine
Benchley-Marsh Co. operator of a 2000 ton daily strip mine at Lathrop asks common pleas court for an injunction against mass picketing by the United Mine Workers. The firm says none of its 90 workers belongs to the union and that pickets began August 9. The mine is closed due to mass picketing and threats of bodily harm to workers.
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Athens
Benchley-Marsh Co
Lathrop
Common Pleas Court
United Mine Workers
UMW
Canaday Seeks Ouster of Two City Councilmen
Mayor D A Canaday asked Gov Thomas J Herbert to remove Herbert E Boney and Richard Vaughan from the city council. Four councilmen had filed ouster proceedings against Canaday in August.
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Pomeroy
D. A. Canaday
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert E. Boney
Richard Vaughan
Canaday
Union Says Milk Strike Halted as Plant Closes
The three day old strike by Logan Home Dairy workers ends temporarily as the plant closes pending arbitration. G A Hughes announces the company will notify workers 72 hours before reopen. Adcock brothers and Hughes were injured in a street clash. mayor says no tangible results and no arbitrator named.
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Logan Home
G. A. Hughes
Dairy, Food and Bakery Workers Union
CIO
Mr. Hughes
Joseph
James Adcock
Hughes
Roger W. Friend
Joe Adcock
James
Friend
Adcock Brothers
East Main Street
Hocking Valley
Piano Salesman To Make Debut as Concert Singer
An 84 year old former Los Angeles piano salesman, John Taber Fitzgerald, plans his concert debut at Town Hall in New York on September 9. He began singing after a 1933 business loss and later life lessons from his wife, kept secret from his California friends.
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New York
Los Angeles
Town Hall
John Taber Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
California
Death of Polk blamed on communists in Athens report
Embros newspaper in Athens claims American CBS correspondent George Polk was murdered by communists. Polk disappeared May 9 from Salonika hotel and was found a week later with hands and feet bound and shot in the back. Police and investigators are still gathering details.
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Athens
Embros
George Polk
Salonika
Polk
Bense
Columbia Broadcasting System
Salonika Bay
Tropical Storm Blows Itself Out Over Caribbean
The storm that skirted the Caribbean has weakened to a mere easterly wave with winds under 35 mph in the center. If it does not re intensify, no further advisories will be issued by the U S weather bureau in San Juan Puerto Rico.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Florida
U.S. Weather Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Lesser Antilles
Spanish Government Orders Elections
The Spanish government led by Francisco Franco ordered municipal elections to be held in November for the first time in 12 years. No specific date was provided in the official order issued by Franco's cabinet.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Francisco Franco
Milk supply steady in Logan despite holiday limits
A local survey shows no serious shortage of milk in Logan. By noon today, with stores closing for their weekly half holiday, no reports reached of anyone being unable to purchase milk.
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Logan
Adcocks clash over milk deliveries and layoffs
A pitched battle broke out as Adcock men tried to resume milk deliveries. Plant workers and routemen struck Tuesday over four layoffs. The union claims a verbal layoff agreement was broken, while Joseph Adcock says workers were temporary and denies any such agreement. No further negotiation meetings have been scheduled.
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Adcocks
Joseph Adcock
Kasenkina Spurns Soviet Aid Offer
Roosevelt Hospital refused a $250 check from the Soviet consulate to cover medical care for Mrs. Kasenkina, the 52 year old Russian teacher who leaped from a consulate window to escape custody.
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Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Attendance Record Set As Crowds Throng Fair
Ohio’s 94th state fair reaches sixth day with a record crowd of 82 165 surpassing 76 064 in 1946 and 71 352 last year Governor Herbert attends events and will present a horse show trophy FFA queen Janet Burgett of Lima is host today with three court members from Guernsey Wyandot and Canal Winchester counties as features include 4 H style show and county bands.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Shell
Licking
Madison
Belmont
Washington
Franklin
Athens
Seneca
Marjorie Tedrick
Guernsey County
Jane Volkmer
Wyandot County
Jeannine Street
Canal Winchester
Fall Kills Farmer In Straw Shed Incident
Isaac Forrer aged 70 died after a fall in his straw shed Saturday night near Oarville Ohio. The accident occurred in the farmer’s property leading to subsequent death Sunday.
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Oarville
Isaac Forrer
Schacht Remains In Jail After Court Acquittal
In Stuttgart on Sept 2 Hjalmar Schacht won an appeals court ruling clearing him of Nazi offense charges but the American military government still detains him in an internment camp. His lawyer Dr Wolfgang Schwamberger warned of a habeas corpus filing if release is not ordered, potentially reaching the U S Supreme Court.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Wolfgang Schwamberger
Schacht
United States Supreme Court
Benes Reported Deeper in Coma
Prague doctors said Eduard Benes age 65 has sunk deeper into unconsciousness and is virtually paralyzed. He has been unconscious since 5 A M Tuesday, and doctors ruled out recovery in today’s bulletin.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Benes
Studios Rally to Mitchum Defense Amid Narcotics Case
Hollywood reports three Mitchum related narcotics arrests as Mitchum, Robin Ford and Lila Leeds are detained. Attorneys for Mitchum and others seek release pending further evidence while a habeas corpus hearing is set for September 8. Police promise wider Hollywood investigations.
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Hollywood
Robert Mitchum Pictures
RKO
Selznick Studios
Jerry Giesler
Mitchum
Robin Ford
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Alva Barr
Miss Leeds
Trucking Tieup Threatens New York City Lifelines
A citywide trucking stoppage halted embargoed freight into New York City as AFL Teamsters Local 807 members refused to work after rejecting a wage proposal. Officials feared spread to about 30 000 more workers across New Jersey and Westchester, with contracts expired at midnight Tuesday.
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AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
New York City
Teamsters
New Jersey
Westchester County
N. Y
Change in Russian Policy Held Unlikely
Moscow reports indicate foreigners expect no shift in Soviet policy after the death of Andrei Zhdanov. Embassy experts say policy will stay on the path set by Stalin Molotov and Zhdanov, with Zhdanov to be buried at the Kremlin wall after Red Square funeral services.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Zhdanov
Politburo
Russia
Kremlin
Red Square
Airliner Reported Missing on Congo Route
A Sabena DC-3 on the Coster manville Elizabethville run in the Belgian Congo is reported missing with 10 passengers and three crew aboard. It was due to land at Elizabethville at noon August 31. A three-plane search has thus far proved fruitless.
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Brussels
Belgium
Costermanville
Elizabethville
Belgian Congo
Sabena
Elisabethville
Ohio Elks Elect New President at 50th Anniversary
John K. Maurer of Middletown was chosen president of the Ohio Elks Association yesterday as the group closed its 50th anniversary convention in Cedar Point Ohio. He succeeds Dr. W. E. Berg of New Philadelphia after a year of leadership.
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Cedar Point
John K. Maurer
Middletown
Ohio Elks Association
W. E. Berg
New Philadelphia
Boy Burns From Explosion In Garage Mishap
A 12 year old boy, Richard Alspaugh, suffered critical burns when a match ignited a can of anti freeze in his father's Canton garage yesterday. The blast occurred during a mishap that involved an open flame near flammable liquid.
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Canton
Richard Alspaugh
Ambitious Thieves Balked in Theft of Oil Derrick
Sheriff Carl Finegan reports three Cleveland men were caught trying to steal an oil derrick by dismantling it at Walter Springer's Grafton Township property. They fled as deputies approached and surrendered near Wellington after a posse formed. No charges filed yet.
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Elyria
Carl Finegan
Cleveland
Finegan
Walter Springer
Grafton Township
Wellington
Russell Lee James Dies at 57 in Lancaster Hospital
Russell Lee James 57 of Logan died at 11 P M Wednesday in Lancaster City Hospital after a six year illness. He served as assistant examiner for the state auditor's office for six years and had worked at Haydnville plant of National Fireproofing Co and Owens Manufacturing Co. He operated a West Hunter Street confectionery with L K Showalter and was active in American Legion Post 78. Surviving: wife Olive and half-brother Ernest James of Dayton. Funeral arrangements by Leonard Funeral Service.
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Russell Lee James
Logan
State Auditor’s Office
Lancaster City Hospital
Wilmington
Ind
Harry E. James
Hocking County
James
Haydenville
National Fireproofing Co
Owens Manufacturing Co
Sun Glow Industries, Inc
West Hunter Street
L. K. Showalter
Leonard
Leonard Funeral Home
Olive
Fourth Street
Ernest James
Dayton
American Legion Post 78
Lancaster Post
the Legion
Lustron begins porcelain-enameled steel housing production
Lustron Corporation in Columbus Ohio started manufacturing porcelain-enameled steel houses after installing 12.5 million dollars of equipment. President Carl G Strandlund said initial output would be one to two houses weekly, with a plan to reach 45,000 houses per year by December 1 as production ramps up.
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Columbus
Lustron Corporation
Lustron
Carl G. Strandlund
Ex Communist Budenz Fails to Convert Walter Reuther
Louis F. Budenz testified that the Communist Party sent him to Detroit years ago to convert Walter Reuther to communism or a sympathetic stance. Reuther, UAW president, confirmed the episode and told Budenz and his allies to go to hell. Budenz, former Daily Worker editor, now teaches at Fordham University.
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New York
Louis F. Budenz
CIO
Walter Reuther
Reds
Budenz
Detroit
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Communist Daily Worker
Fordham University
Huey Long's Son Wins Louisiana Senate Primary
Huey Long's son Russell Long, 29, claimed the Democratic primary victory in Louisiana as returns showed him leading opponent Judge Robert F. Kennon by 8,216 votes with 257,953 to 249,737 and only 47 of 18,883 precincts reported. Kennon offered no statement while watching returns.
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New Orleans
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
U. S
Louisana
Robert F. Kennon
Long
Markets At a Glance From Cash Wheat to Bonds
Wheat shows easy trading with hedging pressure and little cash house support. Corn weak as cash prices fall. Oats fall alongside other grains. Hogs steady to strong with top bids around 29.25. Cattle steady to 25 cents higher with top 41.00. Stocks firm with steels rails and motors leading. Bonds higher as rails push the market forward.
Two Ballot Issues Set for Middletown Vote in November
Two questions appear on the November ballot in Middletown Ohio. A $275,000 bond issue funds an incinerator plant while a two and a half mill tax levy covers operating expenses. Local residents will decide on the measures.
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Middletown
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