Soviet Army Threatens Bar on West Berlin Traffic
Gen Vassily Chuikov warned of new barriers to traffic between West Berlin and the Soviet zone unless Western occupation officials curb anti communist groups. He named the Fighting Group Against Inhumanity the Free Durists League the Christian Democratic Union the West Berlin Telegraf and RIAS as spy and terror centers funded by Western powers.
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Germany
West Berlin
Vassily Chuikov
German Democratic Republic
Soviet Zone
East
U. S
Walter Donnelly
Gen. Chuikov
Donnelly
Isanumanity
Free Durists League
Christian Democratic Union
Nixon Urges Dems to Save America in Virginia Swing
Sen. Richard Nixon campaigned through Virginia urging Democrats to vote for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. He warned only one month remains to save America and announced a 62 stop campaign across two weeks with stops in Bristol, Danville and Norfolk before Maryland and Delaware visits. He denounced Truman’s foreign policy blaming it on Eisenhower and called it a vicious smear.
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Richard Nixon
Virginia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alexandria
America
California
Bristol
Danville
Norfolk
Maryland
Wilmington
Del
Nixon
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Harry Truman
Gen
Eisenhower
Piano Playing Letter Writer Draws Virginia Crowd
A Virginia city across the Potomac from Washington saw applause for a piano playing letter writer amid a few Rebel yells from the crowd.
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Virginia City
Potomac
Washington
New Vegetarian Party Nominates Mur phy in Place of Holdridge
The American Vegetarian party announced Herbert C. Holdridge of Detroit has withdrawn from the Presidential race. Daniel Z. Murphy of San Francisco was named as the new party candidate, with Symon Gould as Vice Presidential candidate. Holdridge plans to devote time to his own party, the American Rally.
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New York
American Vegetarian Party
Herbert C. Holdridge
Detroit
Daniel Z. Murphy
San Francisco
Symon Gould
Holdridge
The
American Rally
Strike disrupts Kansas City Terminal rail operations
Switchmen from Lodge No. 102 of the Switchmen’s Union of North America began a morning strike at Kansas City Union Station, halting freight switching and leaving passenger trains in question. Two hours after pickets appeared, officials reported a standstill as 173 union members voted after failed talks over contract violations. twelve major trunk lines jointly operate the terminal.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Terminal Railway Co
Union Station
Lodge No. 102
Switchmen's Union of North America
Une
Taft Warns of Overconfidence in Ohio Tour
Senator Robert A. Taft visits Cleveland in a three city push to warn voters that the Republican party cannot afford overconfidence from 1948. He urges hard work to win the November 4 election and stresses opposition to sweeping socialization and big government. Taft plans further Ohio appearances and argues the state could decide the presidential race.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Party
Joe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Columbus
Cincinnati
Taft
Dwight B. Eisenhower
Southeast
New England
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ik Jingis
Truman
Tea Limit Ends as Britain Lifts 12 Year Ration
Britain ends its tea ration Sunday after 12 years as Food Minister Geoffrey Lloyd George announces scrapping price controls on tea. The ration has been three ounces with per head consumption at about 83 pounds yearly. Meat butter eggs and other items remain rationed while tea faces a world surplus and potential factory adjustments.
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London
Britain
Geoffrey Lloyd George
Truman Praises Spokesman-Review Supported as Compliment
President Truman lashed the national press at a Spokane stop praising the Spokesman-Review for its editorial stance. He noted it and the Chicago Tribune and Review were among the nation’s poorest papers in 1948, saying many Americans share similar views.
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Truman
Spokesman-Review
Chicago Tribune and Review
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