U S envoy reports Stalin talks prompt new study
Secretary of State Marshall and top advisers study a report by U S ambassador Walter Bedell Smith on his Moscow meeting with Stalin. Stalin hosted the three Western diplomats at the Kremlin for over two hours amid signs of easing East West tensions.
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Marshall
U. S
Stalin
Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
State Department
Truman
Kremlin
Europe
Berlin
United States
Great Britain
France
V. M. Molotov
Walter B. Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Woman is found guilty by jury in Virginia murder case
Shenandoah County Circuit Court jurors found 45 year old Julia Emily Emmart guilty of first degree murder in the pistol slaying of her husband George A. Emmart on August 30. Sentenced to the minimum 20 years with maximum death potential, suspended until August 31 for defense motions. Evidence pointed to a broken marriage amid an affair.
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Woodstock
Julia Emily Emmart
Shenandoah County
George A. Emmart
Elliott Marshall
Emmart
Convention Scheduled By Knights of the Road
In Cincinnati the Knights of the Road will hold their 40th annual convention from August 10 to 17 to discuss the high cost of living. Jeff Davis announced today that he is elected king of hoboes.
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Cincinnati
Knights of the Road of the World
Jeff Davis
US Sweep Delights at 1948 Olympic Games
United States performers claim top spots in track and field events at Wembley, led by Wilbur Thompson in the shot put with a 56 ft 2 in record and Mel Patton winning the 200 m. Jim Fuchs and others also excel in prelims with strong throws. Berlin clashes erupt as German civilians stone Soviet police amid border raids.
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Olympic Stadium
Wembley
England
Wilbur Thompson
California
United States
Olympic
Stadium
Mel Patton
Barney Ewell
Penn State
Harrison Dillard
Patton
Jim Fuchs
Yale
Los Angeles
Jim Delaney
San Francisco Olympic Club
U. S
Daniels Indicted On Murder Counts In Mansfield
Daniels 24 year old Columbus parolee indicted by Richland County Grand Jury on three counts of first degree murder in the slayings of Mansfield reform school superintendent John E Niebel his wife No landa and daughter Phyllis arraignment set for Wednesday before Judge Kalbfleisch. He is also sought in Franklin and Seneca counties for other killings. His partner John C West died at a police roadblock amid their capture. He had confessed to the Niebel murder but blamed the Seneca and Franklin County slayings on West.
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Mansfield
Robert M. Daniels
Columbus
Bichon
Land County
Mansfield Reformatory
John E. Niebel
Nolanda
Phyllis
Common Pleas
G. E. Kalbfleisch
Daniels
Richland
van Wert
Richland County
Franklin County
Earl Ambrose
Seneca County
John C. West
Seneca
Ohio
Love For Sons Lands Father In Jail Again
Earl W. Solly, 40, jailed for contempt of court after taking his son Richard from the Lucas County home and threatening to blow up the place with nitroglycerin. The case follows a prior incident last May when he was arrested for placing the boys with neighbors while he worked and spent nights in bus stations. Richard, six, and Philip, one, were placed in the Lucas County Children's Home. Solly had received a suspended six month sentence for contributing to delinquency. Troopers later picked Solly and Richard up near Elkhart, Indiana where he said he hitchhiked with the boy.
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Earl W. Solly
Richard
Philip
Lucas County
Solly
Elkhart
Ind
Air France Grounds All Big Airliners After Mystery Flight
Paris AP reports Air France grounded all airliners like the missing six engined flying boat with 52 aboard. Officials cite possible mechanical failure and say a thorough investigation is under way with cooperation from the Air Ministry.
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Paris
Air France
South Atlantic
Air Ministry
State Dept and NLRB figures tied to Red underground
Whitaker Chambers testified before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee that a Red underground included State Department official Alger Hiss and NLRB attorney Nathan Witt. He said the top level ran by Harold Ware, with others like Lee Pressman and Elizabeth Bentley involved, and noted William Remington's employment record was requested amid loyalty review disputes.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Red “Underground
Ager Hiss
State Department
Nathan
Nathan Witt
National Labor Relations Board
John Apt
Lee Pressman
Alger Hiss
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
U. S
Yalta
Miss Bentley
Chambers
White House
Truman
GOP Senators Plan Meeting On Civil Rights Legislation
Washington AP reports the Republican Policy Committee called a conference of all GOP Senators to decide on civil rights legislation and to review anti inflation and housing regulation proposals for the extra session. Taft said the Senate may stay in session tonight to consider the poll tax issue and hinted at rule changes, while discussions on rentral property boosts and bank credit tightening continued.
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Washington
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House
Wolcott
R - Mich
House Banking Committee
Progressive Party Russia Praised By U S Red Speakers
New York dispatch reports Ameri can Communists packed Madison Square Garden for their first postwar convention since 1945. William Z Foster, national chairman and recent grand jury targets, opened with a fiery attack on Truman and Dewey as fascist backers while praising Russia and Henry A Wallace. Foster insisted the Progressive Party is not a Communist party though its Wallace Taylor ticket would mobilize workers and other groups for peace against inflation and fascism.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Russia
Henry A. Wallace
U. S
William Z. Foster
Wall Street
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Wallace
Progressive Party
Foster
Glen H. Taylor
Dewey
Communist Party
Excess Profits Tax Proposed By President
President Truman urged Congress to approve a 4.3 billion dollar excess profits tax aimed at peacetime profiteers. Representative Dingell will introduce the bill, designed to hit larger corporations while exempting smaller firms and offering special allowances for new companies formed since.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Dingell
Dmich
Treasury
Three Men Die in Plane Crash near Martinsburg
Martinsburg West Virginia AP three men were killed when a small private plane crashed on a mountainside. Eyewitnesses say the engine failed and the craft dove vertically. Identified victims include George Baker Treide prominent Baltimore attorney Frank C Thomas general manager of Standard Lime and Stone Company Martinsburg and C Parkinson manager of Martinsburg Flying Service and pilot.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
George Baker Treide
Baltimore
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Frank C. Thomas
Standard Lime and Stone Company
C. Parkinson
Martinsburg Flying Service
Discepoli Edges Spencer On the Scales in Lightweight Bout
Joe Discepoli held a 2 1 2 pound advantage over Gene Spencer after official weigh in at 1 Pm for their scheduled 10 round lightweight bout at Armco Field tonight. Discepoli weighed 132 2 while Spencer tipped the scales at 130 even.
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Joe Discepoli
Gene Spencer
Chicago
Armco Field
Cincinnati
Boxing Commission
Spencer
Greek forces claim Kerassovon and Kamenic Heights
Athens reports Greek Army command announces capture of Kerassovon southern anchor of Communist forces in northern Greece. The Ninth Division also takes Kamenic Heights at the north end of the guerrilla defense line near the Albania border eight miles north of Konitsa.
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Athens
Greek Army Command
Kerassovon
Greece
Kamenic
Albania
Konitsa
Minor Skirmishes Mark Reopening Of Univis Plant
DAYTON Ohio AP reports the Univis Lens Co plant reopened under National Guard protection after a strike by CIO United Electrical Workers. Pickets clashed with police and non-strikers as 1,400 Guardsmen dispersed 75 marchers with tear gas. By 8:30 a.m. 100 cars carried workers through bayonet lines into the plant amid ongoing labor action affecting about 658 employees.
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National Guardsmen
Dayton
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Univis
National Guard
Dayton duty mobilizes Ohio Guard in labor dispute
More than 100 local National Guardsmen from Middletown joined the 147th Infantry Regiment and moved to Dayton under cover of darkness. Gov. Thomas Herbert ordered the call amid the Univis plant strike, marking the first Ohio governor action in a labor dispute in 10 years. Troops prepared at barracks near the municipal airport, with a 300-strong Cincinnati convoy leading the movement toward Dayton.
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Middletown
National Guard
Dayton
147Th Infantry
Herbert
Univis Lens Company
Donald E. Howard
Ellerton
Ohio Guard
Thomas Herbert
Univisiens
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Lorillard Tobacco Company
George Schiele
Howard
Cincinnati
Batavia
Xenia
Hamilton
Greenfield
Ohio 4
Kiser High School
147Th
Truman Returns To Washington After Independence Trip
President Truman flew back to the Capital from Independence Missouri and voted in the Missouri primary this morning. He arrived at National Airport at 8 30 p m EST after a weekend home visit.
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Truman
Washington
Capital
Independence
Missouri
National Airport
Liquor Stores Close Across Montgomery County for Strike
The State Liquor Department ordered all Montgomery County liquor stores and one in Green County to close during the Univis Lens strike troubles. The Green County store in Fairfield near Wright and Patterson Fields was also shut. Dayton area enforcement chief Donald T. Geyer said taverns would halt liquor sales for the strike duration.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Montgomery County
Green County
Univis Lens Company
Dayton
Fairfield
Wright and Patterson Fields
Donald T. Geyer
Liquor Department Enforcement Division
Guard and crowd clash at plant as workers return
In Ohio a 300 strong strike sympathy crowd confronted guards near a Frigidaire plant. A Sherman tank and armed troops forced the protesters back two blocks while four men were arrested near the land area. Univis president M. H. Stanley said 350 workers had returned by 10:30 a.m. Police and Gov. Herbert praised calm, with three women remain on duty and six pickets initially allowed by court order.
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Forestayne
Robert Elsner
Frigidaire Plant Union
Charles McKellar
Edward
Frank K
McKellar Brothers
H. H. Weiland
Weiland
McKellar
M. H. Stanley
Univis
el Rancho
Willam R. Boyle
St. Clare Convent
Cincinnati
Father Boyle
Montgomery County Cio Council
KaplanGets 10 Days In Jail For Contempt
Kaplan the CIO United Electrical Workers leader in the Univis Lens strike was sentenced to 10 days in jail for contempt after oversleeping a court date. Judge Klapp upheld the contempt finding and ordered a $100 fine and a $2,500 bond for Kaplan and four others, who had pledged to stay away from the strike site under guard as the plant reopened.
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Dayton, CO
Lou Kaplan
Univis
International
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Common Pleas
Paul T. Klapp
Kaplans
Kaplan
Klapp
National Guard
Union
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