Five Seized In Second Soviet Police Raid In Berlin Zone
Russian police and German police aligned with them entered the American sector of blockaded Berlin for a black market raid and seized five German police from U S sector forces. An American military official said the action violated U S jurisdiction. Earlier in Potsdam Platz, about 600 Germans were arrested without violence.
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U. S. Berlin
Berlin
U. S
Potsdamer Platz
Communist Party
Violence in Berlin as police fire on crowd at divided square
After police opened fire, suspects were taken away in trucks while the crowd stoned officers near the British and American sectors. Germans shouted Communist insults as factions formed, rumors spread of burned Soviet flags, and reports of a fatality remained unconfirmed.
United States Demands Soviet Official Oust Lomakin
The United States strips the Soviet consul general in New York of his position over conduct in the Kosenkina affair and demands Russia remove him. A strong note to the Soviet Embassy outlines Lomakin's alleged abuse of office and improper conduct.
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Washington
United States
New York
Russia
State Department
Lomakin
U. S
Oksana K. Kosenkina
Mikehail I. Samarine
Tolstoy Foundation
Samarines
Questionnaires To Go Out September 7 For Draft
President Truman orders Selective Service to mail classification questionnaires to single non veteran registrants by September 7 as part of the peacetime draft. Deferments apply to dependents veterans and workers in essential jobs with questionnaires sent by birth date and later to all registrants 19 through 25. Inductions begin with 25 year olds and about 15 000 men are to be called next week for November uniforms.
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Washington
Truman
Selective Service Boards
Tha
Ancrease
AMG Vlutl Wan Ilkom Uvrpartr
Army
Hopkins and Raful Reach Ohio State Tennis Finals
Rhoda Joan Hopkins of Forest Hills N Y defeated Elaine Lewicki Hamtramck Mich 6-2 6-3 to reach the women’s singles final Marion Raful of Akron also advanced to Saturday noon final by beating Geraldine Leitner Toledo 6-2 6-1 in the other semi final
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Rhoda Joan Hopkins
Forest Hills
N. Y
Elaine Lewicki
Hamtramck
Mich
Marion Raful
Akron
Miss Hopkins
Geraldine Leitner
Toledo
Commission pauses telegram handover in six Ohio towns
The FCC temporarily bars Western Union from shifting telegram handling to local phone firms in six Ohio communities including Lebanon. The pause lasts until September 17 to allow AFL union filed suit opposing the change.
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Washington
Apthe Communications Commission
Western
Ulniloin Telegraph Company
Ohio
Lebanon
AFL
Truman Orders 80-Day Injunction Against Dock Strike
President Truman directed Attorney General Clark to seek an 80 day injunction to forestall a threatened East Coast dock workers strike by 45 000 longshoremen. The move follows a fact finding board report on failed negotiations with management and the AFL Longshoremen. The strike was due to start at midnight Saturday and centers on overtime payments.
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Washington
Truman
Clark
AFL
Supreme Court
Univs Strike Representation Hearing Ordered in Dayton
National Labor Relations Board orders an early hearing on the decertification of Local 768 of the CIO United Electrical Workers at Univis Lens Company in Dayton Ohio after recent strike violence. Dwight Ludwik filed the decertification petition amid union protests and NGRG involvement.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Univis Lens Company
Dayton
Ohio
CIO
United Electrical Workers
NLRB
Cincinnati
Dwight Ludwick
Ohio National Guard
French claim major victory in Indo Chinese battle
Saigon report says French forces killed about 500 insurgents in a week of fighting, including air and naval units, in what authorities call an important victory for France.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Republic battles to hold government furnace in Cleveland
Republic Steel fights to retain a $28 million blast furnace owned by the government while Kaiser-Frazer insists its lease remains in effect. Edgar Kaiser says K-F will move in September 1, as talks continue without conclusions.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
Kaiser-Frazer
Edgar F. Kaiser
K-F
Republic
War Assets Administration
WAA
Kaiser
River Terminal Railway Company
Preston Tucker
Credit Curbs Take Effect September 20 Under Regulation W
Federal Reserve Board posted new rules to tighten easy payment loans and purchases for items from 50 to 5000 dollars. The measures, effective September 20, limit down payments and total repayment periods and exempt ordinary charge accounts and certain loans. The action follows the Anti inflation Law signed by President Truman and aims to curb rising consumer credit while sparking debate over impact on low income buyers.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
Mystery fires may be radioactivity sabotage tests
Dayton Ohio AP reports Wright Field officials pursue theory that fires at the Charles Willey farm near Macomb Illinois may be tests of radio-ignited sabotage materials, with up to one per day under investigation.
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Dayton, O
Air Force
Wright Field
Charles Willey
Macomb
Fire marshal probes radio activity in Willey farm fires
Macomb Illinois state fire marshal John Craig says radioactivity may explain a spate of fires at the Charles Willey farm last night and over the previous 12 days. A second barn burned. a chicken house and milk house were saved. Craig plans radioactivity tests and cites Wright Field expert Lewis Gust linking to similar unsolved airplane fires.
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Macomb
Ill
Charles Willey
Willey
Springfield
John Craig
Lewis C. Gust
Office of Technical Progress
Wright Field
Dayton
O. Craig
Gust
Willey Farm
Craig
Willeys
Airlines face ten percent fare rise with possible end of free meals
The Civil Aeronautics Board and 16 trunk airlines discuss a 10 percent fare increase to just over six cents a mile, the highest in 15 years, with meals aloft possibly ending. The change could take effect in September or October after paperwork.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Joseph J. O’connell
O’connell
O’conell
Explorer Gene Lamb Dies at 54 in Los Angeles
Gene Lamb, renowned explorer, author, and lecturer, died of heart disease in Los Angeles last night at age 54. His work spanned distant expeditions and public talks.
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Los Angeles
Gene Lamb
Condemned Boy and Dog Reunited on Death Row
In Ohio Penitentiary Death Row, 18 year old Donald Frohner met his Spitz and Collie dog Smokey for 20 minutes before his scheduled electric chair execution. Frohner, from Youngstown, confessed after visiting a priest and sent a message urging families not to value money over family. He and 17 year old Arthur Chapman plotted to steal Spieth’s car for a ransom of 5000 dollars. Chapman received a life sentence. A last minute appeal to the U S Supreme Court could stay the execution if grounds are found.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donald Frohner
Youngstown
Donald
Smokes Dokes
Nega
Ted
Prison and Welfare Department
U. S. Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Carl V. Weygandt
State Supreme Court
Frohmer
William Spieth
Ashtabula
Frohner
Arthur Chapman
Chapman
Spieth
Richard Masters
Common Pleas
Fronner
Boy Restores Sanity By Writing Symphony
DETROIT AP A young mental patient’s music career began when the Detroit Symphony performed the first movement of his composition at the state fairgrounds. Ernest Salisbury, 25, wrote the piece while recovering from a four year skid row struggle and admitted he will leave the hospital in two weeks after treatment in music therapy.
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Detroit
Ernest Salisbury
State Fairgrounds
Detroit Symphony
Salisbury
Ira Altshuler
Tschaikowsky
Ruth’s Body Laid At Rest In New York Hillside
George Herman Ruth lies in a receiving tomb on a Bronx hillside after thousands said goodbye. About 6,000 mourners braved rain at Heaven Cemetery Mt Pleasant to witness committal rites led by Monsignor John J. O’Donnell as the casket is interred until final burial plans are set.
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New York
George Herman Ruth
Bronx River
New York City
Gate of Heaven
Mt. Pleasant
N. Y
John J. O'Donnell
Sales tax climbs in Ohio despite penny cut
Columbus AP report shows total sales tax receipts through August 8 at 74,751,532, up from 63,642,093 a year earlier. State Treasurer Don Ebright notes the impact of the August 1 penny reduction will take months to appear, especially on small purchases under 41 cents.
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Columbus
Don H Ebright
Ex-New Deal Lawyers Silent On Red Status
Washington AP report notes three former New Deal lawyers Lee Pressman John Abt and Nathan Witt refused to say whether they were members of a prewar Communist underground when questioned by a congressional committee. Representative Nixon said the witnesses declined to testify behind closed doors for about half an hour each.
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Washington
Lee Pressman
John Abt
Nathan Witt
Congressional Committee
Nixon
Rcalif
Whittaker Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Chambers
Time Magazine
Pressman
Abt
Witt
Axis Sally Extradited for Treason Trial
Mildred D. Gillars formerly of Portland Maine leaves Frankfurt for the United States to stand trial on treason charges. During WWII she broadcast appeals to American soldiers to stop fighting, was arrested after US troops entered Germany, briefly released, then jailed again.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Sally
United States
Mildred D. Gillars
Portland
Author Kravchenko Claims He Saved Red Teacher
Victor A. Kravchenko, author of To Chose Freedom, says he saved Russian teacher Mikhail Lamarine from Soviet capture. He described the August 8 operation from a New Jersey farm to House Un-American Activities Committee protection, with Radio ABC confirming the account.
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New York
Victor A. Kravchenko
Mikhail Lamarine
Kravchenko
ABC
Samarino
New _ Jersey
New Jersey
House UN - American Activities Committee
Oksana Kosenkina
New York State
Pilot's Skill Saves Passengers in Crippled Airliner Landing
An American Airlines Convair with 38 aboard made an emergency landing at Glenview Naval Air Station after the nose wheel failed to lower. Pilot Capt. Edward T. Cycon and co-pilot Ervin Boldt steered the tail-heavy craft to a safe end at Chicago Municipal Airport, with all passengers surviving and Navy fire crews on standby. Passengers from Ohio praised Cycon for his precise, calm actions during the perilous approach.
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Chicago
American Airlines
Cincinnati
Glenview Naval Air Station
Municipal
Edward T. Cycon
Ervin Boldt
Navy Field
Cycon
Navy
Man Who Guided Hitler Charged With War Crimes
Julius Schaub accused of persuading Adolf Hitler to kill Jews indicted in Munich in a landmark Nazi war crimes case. First such indictment brought by Germans themselves marks a key legal action from postwar Germany.
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Hitler
Mernserg
Germany
Julius Schaub
Adolf Hitler
Muncich
Mans
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