Berlin Air and Rail Relief War Test Amid Blocade
Western allies push extra relief airlifts and freight trains into Berlin while Soviet traffic controls entrench. U S and British measures clash with Russia over inspections and access as tensions flare at Halle and Tempelhof.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Sergei Tulpanov
Socialist Unity Party
Halle
Tulpanov
Frankfurt
American Tempelhof
Miller Repeats Lausche Attack As 1960s Dems Clash
NEW PHILADELPHIA Ohio AP Ray T Miller of Cleveland again attacked former Gov Frank J Lausche in a speech to Tuscarawas County Democratic Central Committee. He tied rivals to party responsibility, urged loyalty to party ideals and warned of leaders who ignore party backing amid a liquor department scandal.
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New Philadelphia
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Miller
Lausche
Middletown
Manchester
Gael Sullivan
National Democratic Committee
Tuscarawas County
Democratic Central Committee
Free Nations Told To Unite Against Reds
Canada’s prime minister urged free nations to unite against Soviet domination, warning that freedom faces threats from both military power and organized subversion. W. L. MacKenzie King spoke at William and Mary College with President Truman in attendance, stressing cooperation as the top task of statesmanship today.
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Williamsburg
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
Soviet Russia
William and Stary College
Truman
Dayton Slayer Escapes Chair In Commutation
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert commuted Charles L. Ames of Dayton from death to life imprisonment for the 1947 slaying of Dayton policeman Herman A. Drexler during a burglary. The other condemned killer, Julius Emerick, received life. Emerick was the trigger man. Ames offered a porterhouse steak for his last meal and to share it with another inmate.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Charles L. Ames
Dayton
State Pardons and Parole Commission
Ames
Herman A. Drexler
Julius Emrick
Herbert
Emrick
Julius Emerick
Reynolds Ship Secrecy Sparks Amne Machin Flight Rumor
The Reynolds expedition plane completed a 14 hour secret mission, with sponsor Milton Reynolds from Chicago saying they were bound for Tokyo at takeoff. Pilot Bill Odom offered no comment when asked about the route. Wartime pilots estimated the western China range to be higher than Everest, though this is unconfirmed.
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Shanghai
Reynolds
Milton Reynolds
Chicago
Tokyo
Bill Odom
China
Everest
Appeal Date Fixed In Satira Sentence
Havana Cuba AP The Supreme Court fixed September 28 for hearing Patricia Schmidt s appeal from a 15 year sentence for killing her lover Miss Schmidt a dancer from Toledo Ohio was sentenced last December for shooting John Lester Mee of Chicago aboard his yacht in Havana harbor The shooting occurred on April 8 1947 Mee died five days later.
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Havana
Cuba
Supreme Court
Patricia (Saura) Schmidt
Miss Schmidt
Toledo
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Mee
Latin American Aid Narrowed By Marshall Speech
At the Pan American Conference Secretary Marshall said European economic recovery takes priority for U S aid. He urged Latin American nations to accept limited assistance and rely on private capital, noting U S producers face shortages of steel and machinery. Delegates regarded the frank talk as potentially reshaping regional economic planning.
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Bogota
Colombia
United States
Marshall
U. S
Latin America
Washington
Marines Freed by Chinese Reds Describe Christmas Attack
Four U S Marines freed after three months in captivity said they were fired upon without warning by Chinese forces on Christmas Day near Haiyang. Cpl. William L. Pollard of Fort Worth Texas said Pfc. Charles J. Brayton Jr. was mortally wounded in the first blast. Pollard and the others reported the Reds refused first aid for Brayton and that they initially thought they were engaging Nationalist troops. The other released Marines are Pfc. Carroll W. Dickerson from Olathe Kansas Pvt. Robert Hart of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Pfc. Reams Kapodistria of Buffalo New York.
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Tsingtao
China
U. S
William L. Pollard
Fort Worth
Tex
Charles J. Brayton, Jr
Governor's Island
N. Y
Haiyang
Pollard
Olathe
Kan
Pvt
Robert Hart
Pittsburgh
Pfc
Reams Kapodistria
Buffalo
Eisenhower Urges Universal Military Training and Draft Revival
General Dwight D. Eisenhower planned to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee urging universal military training and revival of the draft. The AFL and CIO labor unions both opposed UMT and the draft, arguing it would weaken the nation.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Senate Armed Services Committee
America
AFL
CIO
UMT
Sicilian labor leader slain as vote campaign heats up
In Palermo eastern Sicily Calogero Cangialesi 36 secretary of the Labor Federation at Camporeale was machinegunned to death at midnight. Two companions were wounded as assailants escaped. A nationwide strike was ordered for next Thursday in protest over another Sicilian leader's disappearance.
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Rome
Italy
Palermo
Sicily
Calogero Cangialesi
Camporeale
Final Passage of ERP Approved By Congress
The House approved a $6.098 billion foreign aid package to curb communism in Europe and China. Senate action due before nightfall will send the measure to President Truman for swift signing, ending months of debate on the European recovery program and associated aid.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tru- Lee
Europe
China
White House
Truman
Mr. Truman
Germany
Disappearing Records Trap Police Chief
Acting Safety Director Alvin J. Sutton demanded a full report on how official records about a policy operator disappeared from the Cleveland Police record room and why he was not told when they were later found in a narcotics search. The missing files were recovered behind a house picture during the raid by two detectives and two federal agents, amid tension after three officers were fired for alleged ties to the operator.
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Cleveland
Alvin J. Sutton
Sutton
George J. Matowitz
Matowitz
Local Citizens' Committee Presses Strong Anti Reds Policy
Middletown citizens telegram Washington officials and General Clay urging unity and military backing for the European Recovery Plan. The group calls for assured military support until the UN can curb aggression and notes leaders who received the message.
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Russia
Middletown
Citizens Committee
Washington, D. C
Lucius Clay
Berlin
Collede
United Nations
Truman
Marshall
James Forrestal
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Robert Taft
Ohio
Raymond Burke
John M. Vorys
Joseph Martin
Army
Omar Bradley
Martin
Clay
Henderson Estes
Ray Sloan
Earl Emerson
Jack Casper
Silver trumpet larceny tale from Circleville
West Virginia man Robert L. Kirsch 23 appeared at Circleville High School to steal a silver trumpet after an argument over The Flight of the Bumble Bee. He sold the horn in Lancaster Ohio and was charged with larceny. He faces a Huntington grand larceny indictment for seven horns stolen from Marshall College.
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Circleville, O
William McCrady
Robert L. Kirsch
Huntington
W. Va
Circleville High School
Roy Stout
C. F. Zaenglein
Rimsky- Korsakov
Music Room
Stout
Kirsch
Chief McCrady
McCrady
Lancaster
Circleville
Frank Fisher
Fisher
J. Ray Henry
Clues Lacking In Two Murders In Columbus
In Columbus a sparse cab driver description fuels the hunt for a sadistic killer of a woman found in a south-side home basement and another unidentified woman found in an Ohio Hotel room. The first victim, 61 year old Mrs. Marcella Smilack, was raped and her throat cut with a bread knife. the hotel victim was stabbed 20 times after a bottle blow.
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Columbus
Marcella Smilack
Ohio Hotel
Court Order To End Coal Strike Seen
The Truman administration plans to seek a court order to stop the 19 day coal strike. Attorney General Tom Clark stayed in Washington to be ready to receive a possible presidential injunction under the Taft Hartley act as President Truman returns from Williamsburg.
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Washington
Truman
Tom Clark
Williamsburg
Clark
White House
Market Strike Support Asked in New York Finance District
AFL financial workers began a walkout against the New York Stock and Curb Exchanges with pickets in front of Shields and Company and E F Hutton Company. They urged non union workers to sign up and received backing from the AFL Central Trades and Labor Council for maximum aid as a possible broader strike loomed in the financial district.
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New York
AFL
Shields and Company
E. F. Hutton Company
AFL United Financial
Financial
AFL Central Trades and Labor Council
Rescued Too Late: dog dies after sewage tank ordeal
Two unnamed Columbus boys rescued a stray German shepherd from a sewage tank where it had floundered for days. The dog died of exhaustion an hour after rescue as it fought heavy muck and grease while fasting. Police collected the dog for Humane Society officials, who reported no drowning danger.
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Columbus
Humane Society
Spain invited observer bid rejected at UN info conference
The United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information rejected an Argentine proposal to invite Spain to send an observer, in Geneva. The move aims to broaden participation in the conference debate.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Spain
United Nations Conference On Freedom of Information
Truman vetoes 4.8B tax cut after House passage
President Truman vetoed the 4.8 billion dollar Republican tax reduction bill. Congress expected quick passage to override, with leaders stating Senate votes to follow. The veto message warned the policy would erode finances and fuel inflation while risking a deficit in fiscal 1949.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
George
Georgia
Congress
United States
App
Conegress
Martin
R-Mass
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